Rabbits (David Lynch)

It depicts three humanoid rabbits played by Scott Coffey, Laura Elena Harring and Naomi Watts in a room.

Originally consisting of a series of eight episodes (of a maximum of 15 minutes each) shown exclusively on Lynch's website, Rabbits is no longer available there.

Rabbits takes place entirely within a single box set representing the living room of a house.

The disordered but seemingly related lines the rabbits speak suggest that the dialogue could be pieced together into sensible conversations, but concrete interpretations are elusive.

In addition, whenever one of the rabbits enters the room, the unseen audience whoops and applauds at great length, much like in a sitcom.

In some episodes, mysterious events take place, including the appearance of a burning hole in the wall and the intrusion of a strange, demonic voice coupled with sinister red lighting.

[4] Lynch says that filming Watts, Harring and Coffey with the set lit up by enormous lights was "a beautiful thing".

[5] However, the process generated a lot of noise that echoed from the surrounding hills and annoyed Lynch's neighbors.

[9] The series was originally uploaded in 2002 on Lynch's website[10] with the tagline,"In a nameless city deluged by a continuous rain... three rabbits live with a fearful mystery" [11] Rabbits received positive reviews, praising the production for its lighting, sound design and scary atmosphere.

"[22] In his book about Lynch, Greg Olson wrote that with Rabbits, the director had explored "the existential mystery of daily domesticity".

[23] For Martha Nochimson, author of David Lynch Swerves, the three main characters in the shorts are "icons of faith".

[25][26] Most of Rabbits can be found on the "Mystery disk"[27] in the 10-DVD collection The Lime Green Set released by Absurda in 2008.