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Originally Posted by jackhammer
There is a point when music and movie scenes/images create an unforgettable symbiotic relationship and it is actually very rare when it works but when it does then it really works.
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Jackhammer, a movie moment like that for me is the "Bright Eyes" song and scene in the movie "Watership Down."
I've been thinking about eyes today, and when I think of eyes this scene and song always occur to me.
I've been humming the "Bright Eyes" song off and on now for around 20 years since I first saw the movie "Watership Down" in 1987 while I stayed at the lovely cottage of some family friends who lived just north of London. They had the movie "Watership Down," which I'd never seen before. I ended up watching the video around 5 times while I was there, often deep into the night. I guess it struck a chord in me.
(My other memory of this time was that their son, home from university, came and sat with me on the sofa for a moment to try to snog, and he stuck his tongue in my ear, which surprised me because his tongue felt very big and wet and cold!) But back to the movie...
I had just decided to finally become vegetarian, which I had wanted to do since I was a little child, and so I think the movie's theme of death, valuing life, and the cruelty of Man, as shown through the lives of anthropomorphised rabbits, resonated with me.
My favorite scene/song in the movie is the following, where the deeply sad thought of a particular individual's life and loss merge with hopefulness that death isn't an end (which I have always felt was a sweet hope, even if it is just a hope):
"Bright Eyes" - from Watership Down:
"Bright Eyes" - the music by itself (very pretty):