I'm 48 now. This takes me back to when I was 4 or 5. I remember crying in front of the tv watching and listening to this - like it was yesterday. That same little boy is still in there and now he has tears again. Bittersweet.
I first saw this film "Watership Down" in the Spring of 1979. This song "Bright Eyes" both touches and breaks my heart. It's beautiful and I love to hear it, but I always cry. The final scene is one of the most beautiful and poignant depictions of death I have ever seen in an animated feature.
2001. Made my young rowdy cousins watch this in Ireland. Three mental loud boys. Happiest moment of my life was to watch them just sit them mesmerised by this film. End of it, the eldest lad (15) started crying. Then he made some excuse to leave the room. Other two lads just sat there. One asked quietly “Is there a sequel?!” Job done.
I like to think that even today's overstimulated generation would appreciate an old classic like this with so much love put into the making of it...and a story that treats them with a respect and honesty they won't get from Pixar or Disney.
Seeing my mum and dad now compared to what they looked and physically were like 20 years ago.. "How can a light that burned so brightly, suddenly burn so pale?" 😢 Breaks my heart. Dad's no more, mum's not very well, i sometimes wish my good health went to them so that they could live again and experience life again just like when they were at their brightest! 😢😢
Yes that is very sad. Sorry about your dad. I still have my parents but they are elderly now and looking more frial. My dad was a really tough guy once
I lost my baby sister Frances last Tuesday and she was only 51 year's old, she played this song when we were teenager's and it will be played at her funeral on Tuesday, my heart is broken 💔😥
Best opening scene in Black Mirror, hands down, because of the combo of this song + cinematography/photography used. Wow. Even more incredible when you compare it to the original video here 😂. They absolutely crushed it
@@rozilla_the_savage4445 mine too, I really really liked Nida, this episode is not far from our world I mean all the racist behaviour and everything. All in all she was amazing
There is something about this song that reaches into your soul and stirs up all the trauma and sadness inside. It makes me cry every time.. not just a little tear but sobbing!
Omg I feel that! I had forgotten about this song, but the recent episode of Black Mirror brought it back to my memory... as soon as I head I started balling...
Its a film about poor little rabbits, constantly under attack, and the decency of Simon and Garfunkel, creating a beautiful melodic song to highlight this, accompanying a relaxing film, but it obviously hasn't stopped human races ignorance, about the beauty of nature.
Im very sorry for your loss darling, my mum has terminal cancer and she doesn't have long to go, im so scared 😢 I don't want to lose her 😢 she's my number 1 gal ❤️ 😢
My eyes can't stop crying whenever this song plays, it reminds me of my beautiful 9 year old son who passed away 21 years ago and also my dear little kitten who was only few weeks from his birthday. Such a emotional moving song.
There's something so sad but yet so beautiful about this song. My 14 year old dog passed away yesterday and this song came to mind. Also I'm so sorry for your losses!
@@naomi5893 I really do understand the pain of losing a life that you sincerely love and take of to slip away from your hands. It truly is helplessness that will take a long time to get used to. I am very sorry for your loss of your beloved dog, rip.
Every time I listen to this song I’m reduced to a sniffling mess. WHY do I do it to myself??? I can’t help but hug my kids and my puppy a little tighter because of it & gain an enormous amount of gratitude & thankfulness.
I remember seeing the film back in 1979 when I was five years old, but this hauntingly beautiful song is what stays with me after all these years. It's hard to believe that Richard Adams, Watership Down's writer, reportedly hated this tune! The movie was recently on TV again here in New Zealand & every time I watch it, I understand it more & appreciate the message Richard was sending to those watching. It will remain one of my all-time favourite films & songs & no-one could've sung it better than the legendary Art Garfunkel. Pure magic! 🎶🐰🐇💞🎤💫
In 1979, I was also of only 5 years old. But only last year, I heard this for the first time. It seems, I came on this earth 2 days before you. What a nice meeting over here.
I just remembered this song from my childhood and I was born in the 90's but couldn't remember the words or the name, spent a good 30 min searching rabbit movie, eyes like fire😢
I never heard this song until Black mirror. And OMG, its a mix of emotions, and my body reacts to this by crying and I don't know why I'm crying. And that is why I'm sorry I'm living in this stupid time with music without soul, I would give up all the technology just to live in this beautiful times when music was able to touch your soul
In recent years kind of makes me think of my son and I little hamster. He is such a dear little soul and affectionate. I will miss him when he passes, but I do strongly believe that animals both great and small and inbetween have souls too
I watch this movie every year in memory of my beautiful Bunnikins, my sweet bunny I hand reared and miss every day of my life after five years of beauty. When I used to take her to the vet I used to say "She is more than the sum of her parts"
Black mirror brought me over here. I remember this song well. It’s a really nice song. I first saw the movie a month after losing our family cat just shy of its 12th birthday. Darn black widow bite. The movie became a favourite of mine as a kid. Loved the rawness and unsentimental view of th cycle of life, and it’s humour. It still holds up. The book is the real deal. Shoutout by the way to Malcolm Williamson for the amazing prelude music and opening theme. Would’ve loved to have heard what he would’ve done but Angela Morley did a banger of a job when she took over🎖
I heard this song on the radio many years ago and never knew the name. I remember how beautiful it was. Years went by and I would sometimes wonder about it. In time, I found it. Waves of joy, sadness and resolute all hit me at once. I cannot describe it. One of the most gorgeous songs of all time.
Always loved the simplicity of the way this film started with the history of the mythical origins of the rabbit in a basic cartoon form. And how the spirtit returned ,again,at the end of the film
I watched this on holiday as a child..we were staying in an isolated country cottage surrounded by fields and wildlife...but sadly blighted by lots of sick rabbits suffering from myxomatosis . Was terribly sad to see them...sometimes my dad would do the kind thing and finish one off as swiftly as he could. But there were also lots of dead ones on nearby roads ...I remembering crying my eyes out watching this film. Poor rabbits.
I still haven’t seen the movie. I’m going to ask my dad to watch it with me as I am visiting him for the holidays tomorrow. He used to play this soundtrack for me as a young child. It was on 8track and it really was such a special time. We’ve always bonded over music and sentimental moments but sometimes we struggle to connect as when I grew older the different opinions we had started to divide us. I’m 34 now and although I was hurt at times, I love my papa and this song reminds me to hug and cherish him no matter what. We never have enough time with our parents and I don’t want to wait until it’s too late. This song reminded me of that love.
I remember the year this song came out. There was a surge of interest in the Watership Down book. My mum tricked me into reading it when I was off sick from school and bored. She read the first chapter to me and then said, if I want to know what happens next, I had to read the rest myself. Fantastic book and a great way to get your kids into reading. Thanks mum.
Whilst being credited with the original recording, unfortunately, Art Garfunkle neither wrote this song nor did he perform it for this series. Stephen Gately is the angelic singer we all enjoy here
I cried so much when I saw this. Now Im crying again after all those years. Someone ask me what traumatised me most as a child. Watership down without a doubt
Quite formative for me. Although, perhaps the book even more so. I wonder if that did anything to me. (Also The Last Unicorn and Neverending Story. Holy hell that Artax scene.)
Nida Black Mirror, I think this song is dedicated for her....when the singer sings bright eyes and we see her eyes, I think she has the most bright eyes ever!
At the end of Watership Down the Black Rabbit of Inle comes for Hazel to take him to the afterlife. At the end of Demon 79 the demon takes Nida away to the afterlife so it's a reference to that.
This brings back different memories from most of you but anyway, this reminds me of the time when I had what was known as an empty here Scotland 1990, aged 17/18 and parents on holiday with my younger brother who just happened to have vhs videos of that film watership down that my friends and myself happened to watch on a Saturday evening after sampling a local lsd tab for entertainment ! We also watched another video of my younger brothers collection that evening while he was out the country with my parents, it was one of his scooby doo videos! I honestly still howl with laughter and my friends do also at the antics and fantastic memories of that youthful evening in 1990😅😅
I dont think the hardest man in the world can watch this film or listen to this song and not cry. And in 2023, sadly i see now more than ever where the storyline was goung 50 years ago.....😢
The first time I saw death! I was 6! And I don't get a nostalgic feeling Im more sad and want to cry cause I immidiatly rememer that rabbit stuck in that trap with all that blood and that mean rabbit 😭
Who's here after watching Black Mirror? I alway have associated this song with Watership Down but I loved how the series 6 episode Demon 79 opened and closed this song.
Only the ones who lost pets know what it means. I hope to reunite with my beloved female cat beyond this life. She had the brightest eyes I ever saw. May your dog rest in peace. 🐕✝️🌌
Vim até aqui por conta da sexta temporada da série (Black mirror) A personagem desse episódio ganhou meu coração apenas com esse começo da rotina dela, como a gente vive no modo automático e como as pessoas tbm podem ser tão vazias a ponto de julgar os outros por conta da nacionalidade! ❤
Omg I finally found this song by watching Black Mirror S06E05.. I remember hearing it when I was a few years old in the 80s and then I forgot about it when growing up and now when I heard it, it took me back to when I was a small child.. magical song, can't stop listening to it now. 😄
just finished my masters thesis (film science) where I also wrote about this lovely film and how no remake (see netflix 2018) can reach this level again. this film deserves so much more attention than just "oh, it´s so gory and violent"... it´s a masterpiece of animation
When I was a teenager (90's), one night me, my parents and my bff were driving and my Dad accidentally hit a rabbit. He stopped and saw it was dead. In the car my Mom was so sad. My bff couldn't hold a tune, and in a funny kind of voice started to sing "Bright Eyes". Everyone laughed a little. But now that I saw this music video, I'm crying my eyes out over that memory. Why did they make such a sad song?
