The Clock Crew Film Academy takes this day (at random) to honor those lepusian entertainers.
To begin, who else could we pick but the famous wise-cracker, native to Warner Brothers' forrests but with the heaviest Brooklyn accent. Bugs Bunny is to the WB as Mickey Mouse is to Walt Disney and stands out as one of the funniest icons in American history. Having many ancestors, he first appeared in his fully realized conception and voice (with a "What's up, Doc?") in A Wild Hare in 1940 with his most famous co-star, Elmer Fudd. He would go on to play opposite pretty much every other character in the Warner Brothers menagerie of classics. Bugs Bunny shorts continued to fill the cinema houses an entertain hundreds and children as well as adults and he remains one of the most personal characters for audiences today.
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While we are on the subject of animation, we should give a considerable nod to Disney's own history of woodland creatures. First and foremost, Thumper, the lovable companion of the 1942 animated feature, Bambi. 1951's Alice In Wonderland also contains two rabbit icons: The White Rabbit and the March Hair. Slightly mad, and not at all friendly to Alice, they brought a odd twist of villainy to the role, without the wry humor of Bugs.
Never limited to the animated genre, the lepus took is stab at the horror genre with the macabe classic Night of the Lepus about giant flesh-eating bunny rabbits. "How Many Eyes Does Evil Have?"
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The 1978 film Watership Down could perhaps be called an epic. In this complicated world, while the rabbits do not have clothes or modern human furniture, they have the deeper signs of civilization, including language, culture, poetry, and religion.
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Jan Svankmajer's Alice also presents a more horrific side to the lepus. Just watch the disturbing movements and symbolisms from the opening shots of the 1988 film.
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is, quite possibly, one of the greatest works of comedic genius of all time. Combining both the classic cartoon slapstick with the noir mystery of the 40s, this film is a clever amalgamation of talent and imagination. Roger is the most talented lepus to appear in a motion picture since Bugs Bunny up until that time.
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What do time travel, a jet engine, and a dysfunctional family have to do with each other? Its hard to say, but through the macabre masterpiece, 2001's Donnie Darko, we are introduced to Frank, a 6-foot-tall, hideous rabbit from the future, sent to show young, depressed Donnie to his destiny. What that is is anyone's guess, but Frank, while having relatively little dialog, pulls off a masterful performance.
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It is interesting to note that Frank is not the first giant, imaginary rabbit to appear in a film. That honor squarely belongs to Harvey, the constantly invisible pal of Jimmy Stewart's character in the 1950 film of the same name (although Harvey was taller than Frank, allegedly by 3 and a half inches).
Harvey was a damn good movie. I need to watch it again.
good old family racism.
Quote from: Venapalm;1258918good old family racism.
It is much harder to find classic cartoons on YouTube than I thought. All they had was basically "banned" cartoons of racist shit.
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Watership Down was one of the best pieces of animation ive ever seen, and WFRR is hilarious, i loved watching that film many times when i was a kid.
Blasphemy! How could you leave out the Killer Rabbit that Tim tried vainly to warn King Arthur and his Men about?
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