ReBecca Richardson: Blog 8- Film

The short Bunny film was interesting. We spoke in class about the symbols of metamorphosis within the film. Going on that note it seems that the metamorphosis was death. The bug that died while looking for the light, found its light in death. The ailments for the older rabbit ceased in death. I’m not sure why the oven was used as a catalyst/trigger for this metamorphosis. Fire is a sign of change however I would have to say that the perspective is pushed onto the oven. I mean that to say the oven as a catalyst because it produces fire, is an example of the audience trying to hard to analyze the film. I understood the overall experience or undertones within the film, such as the lighting was dark and dull, the noises were opaque (and with the fly it was annoying). The end when the bunny dies and she obtains wings shows the relief of ailments, and the cool blue lighting made the scene calm. We the audience cannot say for sure when the transition from reality to the metaphysical death occurred, yet we understand that it occurs. Such as when we saw the bunny go to sleep and then believed that the bunny died in her sleep. This is based on when she awoke she defied logic and followed a supposedly ‘dead’ moth, into an oven. Granted this is a cartoon, I think that particular scene defied logic and physics within the realm of the film. I could also be wrong.

The last film segment we saw I believe was called ‘The Mexican?’ Dr. Redick pointed out the rift on the screen between the esthetic and the captain. It thought it was neat how the captain is pale which shows he does not work outdoor labor. (This also implies he is not physically working to build the church he wishes to resurrect.) He is also fat so he is well fed, and wealthy. In contrast we know the esthetic/ treasurer’s story. He is dark from his travels, and has borne the heat. He is very thin which shows he does not/can not eat excessively. The captain is used to luxury and power; granted by his position, whereas the esthetic is used to going without luxury and forced labor. He has come down to their level of living (albeit not by his initial choice). Those supposed savages/natives live from the land and the sweat of their brows. That one image paused with the rift between the two men, showed us the rift between two worlds. The world with the luxury sought to dominate the assumed lesser beings. The riches for the Natives were found in their faith and not in their resources.