# Rabbit's Moon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rabbit's_Moon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rabbit's_Moon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit's_Moon > Source revision: 1339298396 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1950 film by Kenneth Anger Not to be confused with [Moon rabbit](/source/Moon_rabbit), [Rabbit in the Moon](/source/Rabbit_in_the_Moon), or [Rabbit moon (disambiguation)](/source/Rabbit_moon_(disambiguation)). This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "Rabbit's Moon" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2018) Rabbit's Moon Directed by Kenneth Anger Starring Claude Revenant André Soubeyran Nadine Valence Release dates 1971 (1971) 1979 (1979) Running time 16 minutes (1971) / 7 minutes (1979) Country United States ***Rabbit's Moon*** is an [avant-garde](/source/Avant-garde) [short film](/source/Short_film) by American filmmaker [Kenneth Anger](/source/Kenneth_Anger). Filmed in 1950, *Rabbit's Moon* was not completed (nor did it see release) until 1971. ## Plot Filmed under a blue filter and set within a wooded glade during the night, the plot revolves around a clown, [Pierrot](/source/Pierrot), his longing for the [Moon](/source/Moon) (in which lives [a rabbit](/source/Moon_rabbit), according to both East Asian folklore and [Aztec](/source/Aztec_mythology) mythology), and his futile attempts to jump up and catch it. Subsequently, another clown ([Harlequin](/source/Harlequin)) appears and teases Pierrot, showing him [Columbina](/source/Columbina), with whom he appears to fall in love. ## Production The sets were borrowed from French filmmaker [Jean-Pierre Melville](/source/Jean-Pierre_Melville).[1] ## Music The 1971 version of *Rabbit's Moon* features a soundtrack consisting of 1950s and '60s [pop](/source/Pop_music): "[There's a Moon Out Tonight](/source/There's_a_Moon_Out_Tonight)" by [The Capris](/source/The_Capris), "[Oh, What a Night](/source/Oh%2C_What_a_Night_(The_Dells_song))" by [The Dells](/source/The_Dells), "[Bye Bye Baby](/source/Bye_Bye_Baby_(Mary_Wells_song))" by [Mary Wells](/source/Mary_Wells), "[I Only Have Eyes For You](/source/I_Only_Have_Eyes_For_You)" by [The Flamingos](/source/The_Flamingos) and "[Tears On My Pillow](/source/Tears_On_My_Pillow)" by [The El Dorados](/source/The_El_Dorados). The 1979 version features only a loop of A Raincoat's "It Came In The Night" as its soundtrack. ## Legacy The film is credited by [electronic](/source/Electronic_music) duo [Rabbit in the Moon](/source/Rabbit_in_the_Moon) as the inspiration for their name.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## See also - [Commedia dell'arte](/source/Commedia_dell'arte) - [List of avant-garde films of the 1950s](/source/List_of_avant-garde_films_of_the_1950s) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Lewis, David (2014). ["Movies: *Rabbit's Moon* (1950)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140810103358/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/290728/Rabbit-s-Moon/overview). Movies & TV Dept. *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. [Baseline](/source/Baseline_(database)) & [All Movie Guide](/source/All_Movie_Guide). Archived from [the original](https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/290728/Rabbit-s-Moon/overview) on August 10, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014. ## External links - [*Rabbit's Moon*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042872/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Kenneth Anger Films directed Fireworks Puce Moment Eaux d'artifice Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome Scorpio Rising Kustom Kar Kommandos Invocation of My Demon Brother Lucifer Rising Rabbit's Moon Books written Hollywood Babylon This short film–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Short-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AShort-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Short-film-stub) This article related to an avant-garde or experimental film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Experimental-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AExperimental-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Experimental-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rabbit's Moon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit's_Moon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit's_Moon?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.