Watership Down (1978) Pt. 1 Primer

"All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first, they must catch you." And so begins the weirdest, darkest children's movie Vintage Cinema Rewind has ever encountered. This week, Blake and Michael introduce 1978's Watership Down -- an animated movie about talking rabbits, bloody fields, caste systems, and totalitarianism. Can they make it to the safety of their burrow? Or will they end up caught in a snare?

 

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One Scene to Sell the Movie: Watership Down Prologue (youtube.com)