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Rabbits (2002)

Starring Scott Coffey, Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, and Rebekah Del Rio.  Written and Directed by David Lynch.

In a shadowy room live three rabbits named Jack, Jane, and Suzie (played by Scott Coffey, Rebekah Del Rio, and Naomi Watts). They move in and out of the room, speaking what’s on their minds, but never really seem to communicate with each other. As the time rolls on they are contacted by a mysterious caller, investigate the footsteps outside the door, and are paid a visit by a giant floating head. Each rabbit then takes an opportunity to deliver a dramatic soliloquy to the delight of an exaggerated laugh-track.

David Lynch is an artist who will not be limited to one medium.  Besides his popular work in television and movies, Lynch is a skilled painter, photographer, and musician.  He has also remained on the cutting edge of avant-garde filmmaking throughout his career and has produced a number of short and experimental films much of the public has not seen.

Most of this work would never reach his fans were it not for his decision to launch DavidLynch.com; a website with the capacity to feature everything his offbeat mind can muster up.  For a small fee anyone can enjoy Lynch’s provocative photographs, samples from his industrial rock band Blue Bob, segments from his comic strip “The Angriest Dog in the World”, and films created specifically for members of his site. DavidLynch.com was first launched in December of 2001, shortly after the theatrical release of his former television project Mulholland Dr.

The negative experience of losing the fight to get his series on the air has left him jaded toward television in general.  Lynch has vowed to never again work in the format citing that “TV is dead”. While he plans to continue producing feature films, his creative energy will henceforth be shared with the internet, where he can have complete artistic control over his work.

The first series released on DavidLynch.com was a group of crudely drawn Flash animations titled “DumbLand”.  The eight black and white episodes, written, voiced, and animated by Lynch, feature the exploits of a dumb and inexplicably violent man and his troubled family. Once that was finished Lynch moved on to his second project, which he titled Rabbits. 

Released on the spring of 2002, Rabbits features four popular actors dressed in bunny costumes and reciting seemingly random and irrelevant lines.  The film is broken into eight episodes and presented in streaming video. Throughout the fifty or so minutes, Lynch does a nice job keeping the tone dark and moody.

But beware:  Rabbits is not for the casual Lynch viewer. It is about as bizarre, confusing, and disjointed as anything he’s ever done. In fact, were it not available exclusively on Lynch’s website, Rabbits could easily be mistaken for some student project downloaded from iFilm.  There may be some sort of cosmic significance or transcendental meaning behind the piece, but frankly it really isn’t interesting enough to dissect.

Budget: $???

Total US Gross: no theatrical release

Genre: Mystery

Runtime: Approximately 50 Minutes

US Release Date: 6/7/02 (internet premiere)

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

Awards: none

Tagline: In A Nameless City, Deluged By A Continuous Rain, Three Rabbits Live With A Fearful Mystery.

Quote: “When it happens, you will know it.”