Pierrot tries to obtain the unattainable, the moon. He struggles to bring it to him but cannot. Harlequin appears to entertain Pierrot with sword play, juggling, and dance. Pierrot is distraught, so Harlequin summons his girlfriend, Columbine to help assess the situation. Columbine is a showy babe, Pierrot knows. She's useless for getting the moon for Pierrot. Tired from a hard night's work and mishap, Pierrot gives up.
Rabbit's Moon was re-edited by Anger in 1979. A step-printing of every other frame of the film (this edit being 7 min. vs the original 16 min.) which gives the characters' movements a jerky, "fast-forward" quality, and replacing the original doo-wop soundtrack with the track It Came in the Night by A Raincoat.
Why Rabbit's Moon? The Moon rabbit, also called the Jade Rabbit, is a rabbit that lives on the moon in East Asian folklore. The legends about the moon rabbit are based on the traditional pareidolia that identifies the markings of the moon as a rabbit pounding in a mortar.
Here's a comment (IMDb) I found interesting:
"This is genius. Kenneth Anger was going through suicidal thoughts, just before making this film (please see the 15 minute version). It seems he is expressing himself through Pierrot in his quest for the unattainable happiness, that being the moon. Harlequin's rather alpha male (as seen when he's interacting with Columbia), as he attempts to force childlike and bufoonish Pierrot, back into happiness. Pierrot is indeed attempting, miserably, to capture the unattainable moon, the object of his affection. It turns out it was all for naught, when Pierrot is rejected by the moon itself. The film is ripe with Crowley symbolism, animation, and ethereal music from The Capris, Mary Wells,Jamie Cullum, etc. Brilliant!!!!"
In August 2007 Kenneth Anger announced that he is "dying of prostate cancer" and has predicted that his own death will occur on Halloween night 2008.
Mouse Heaven has an "all toy" cast based on Walt Disney's original character (1928 - 1938). Planned as a fantastical collage. Faced with a gamut of Marching Mickeys, the spectator would lose all perspective. "A fantasy featuring the Birnkrant collection of extremely rare vintage Mickey Mouse toys; many of which when filmed in ultra close up with moving riveted jaws, seem charmingly menacing." (info taken from the book Kenneth Anger by Alice L Hutchison)
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