Rabbit's Moon
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Rabbit's Moon | |
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Directed by | Kenneth Anger |
Starring | Claude Revenant André Soubeyran Nadine Valence |
Release date | 1971, 1979 |
Running time | 16 minutes (1971) / 7 minutes (1979) |
Country | United States |
Rabbit's Moon is an avant-garde short film by American filmmaker Kenneth Anger. Filmed in 1950, Rabbit's Moon was not completed (nor did it see release) until 1971. Anger re-released the film in 1979, sped up and with a different soundtrack.
Plot
Filmed under a blue filter and set within a wooded glade during the night, the plot revolves around a clown, Pierrot, his longing for the Moon (in which lives a rabbit, according to both East Asian folklore and Aztec mythology), and his futile attempts to jump up and catch it. Subsequently, another clown (Harlequin) appears and teases Pierrot, showing him Columbina, with whom he appears to fall in love.
Production
The sets were borrowed from French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville.[1]
Music
The 1971 version of Rabbit's Moon features a soundtrack consisting of 1950s and '60s
Legacy
The film is credited by electronic duo Rabbit in the Moon as the inspiration for their name.
See also
References
- All Movie Guide. Archived from the originalon 10 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
External links
- Rabbit's Moon at IMDb