In Ran Wrake‘s film Rabbit (2005) he uses innocent children’s animation and then turns the tables: The story is set like a fable and is based on educational stickers popular in Britain in the 1950s. But the plot becomes ever more frightening: The children chase the rabbit and then cut it to pieces, finding a small statuette inside that can transform insects into diamonds. They begin a mad killing spree, butchering animals in their attempt to worship the tiny statuette. The purity of the child-world is emphasized using homiletic captions about the characters — captions that become increasingly ironic and absurd with every passing moment. This rift between nature and culture, between man and nature, lies at the heart of the fable and is strengthened with the use of children characters and an aesthetic that hints at the dark messages animation can convey.
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