Watership Down

I watched Watership Down with my daughter today. I can’t think of any modern animated movie that is as well made or engrossing. Nor can I think of a movie I enjoyed as much as an adult as I did a child. If you can get your hands on a copy, I would recommend it — or better yet, read the book.

Reading about a newish theatrical version staged in London not long ago, I came across this quote that sums of the feel of the story:

The closest humans come to feeling like rabbits is under war conditions. Imagine what it would be like if every time we stepped out on the street, we know we could be picked off by a sniper. We’ve tried to capture that anxiety in the way the rabbits speak -lots of short, jerky sentences.”