Watership Down research

Academic discussion of Watership Down. Run by Dr Catherine Lester, Uni of Birmingham. Book of essays about the film out now in open access. #watershipdown40

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You've read the book📚 and seen the film🎥... now read the book ABOUT the film! '#WatershipDown: Perspectives On and Beyond Animated Violence' is out now from @BloomsburyMedia Download the open access ebook here: https://t.co/SpVPXgPV8f

[Youth & Horror Research Network @YouthandHorror]

FEAR IN THE BEDROOM is open now as part of @Flatpack Festival!
Come on down to the exhibition at Parkside, BCU to revisit horror ephemera of the past through the eyes of a child.
@Brumpic @BhamUpdates
https://t.co/XXV0PcAKJv

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This is an incredible opportunity to see Watership Down at London's best cinema (with intro from Andrew Haigh!). Even if I do take issue with branding it as 'bleak'...

[Prince Charles Cinema @ThePCCLondon]

We’ve partnered with @am_cinematheque to bring #BleakWeek to London from 15th - 21st June! See WATERSHIP DOWN with Andrew Haigh Intro, BLEAK MOMENTS & NAKED with Mike Leigh Q&A, THE DEVIL with Robert Eggers Intro & much more. Tickets on sale to Members 🎟️ https://t.co/j6gNSx7W8W

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From Goosebumps to gore: Birmingham exhibition to explore horror genre and its younger audiences
https://t.co/XPx92M7N4j

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Here's a sneak peek at a 'Watership Down corner' at this exhibition

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From Goosebumps to gore: Birmingham exhibition to explore horror genre and its younger audiences
https://t.co/XPx92M7N4j

[Horror4Kids @horror4kids]

How did The Simpsons get away with airing The Itchy & Scratchy Show, a cartoon packed with over-the-top violence and gore?

Simple — they showed it to Bart and Lisa first.

“We could show horrendous things to the children at home, as long as we portrayed them being shown to the Simpsons’ children first,” writer John Swartzwelder explained. “Somehow this extra step baffled our critics and foiled the mobs with torches.”

Here’s a 50 minute compilation from episodes 1-20!

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Attention Birmingham/West Midlands locals:

[Youth & Horror Research Network @YouthandHorror]

Our exhibition 'Fear in the Bedroom' launches in just under 2 weeks! Running as part of @flatpack, this free, immersive exhibition revisits horror ephemera from the past through the eyes of a child.
Running 6-15 May at Parkside Gallery, Birmingham
https://t.co/XXV0PcAKJv

[BBC Wiltshire @BBCWiltshire]

Why giant Easter bunny was created in small town https://t.co/FTxCM8n88p

[Youth & Horror Research Network @YouthandHorror]

It's alive!! Registration for Youth & Horror: An International Conference is now open. Click through for details and our provisional programme:
https://t.co/WBtCEpJJT9

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Happy trans day of visibility to all trans Watership Down fans and allies 🏳️‍⚧️

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Since it is International Women's Day, lets us celebrate Angela Morley, who was an openly trans woman, and who provided the gorgeous score for Watership Down 🏳️‍⚧️🐇 The film wouldn't be what it is without her music.

[Paul Quibell-smith 🔶 @QuibellPaul]

Watership Down animator celebrated in exhibition
https://t.co/gy3vO5q3uS

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Perfect double bill

[PourWorks @PourWorks]

🎬 Triangle Film Appreciation Society Presents: Rites of Spring Double Feature 🌿

📅 March 23 | 6:30 PM at Pourworks
🎥 Watership Down (Free admission for kids 17 & under with a $10 paying parent)
🔥 The Wicker Man (Adults only)

Come for one, stay for both — it’s a night

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@Wayno90344771 @eddawriter @em_templin1 Hello - yes, research. I'm an academic so I use this account to share my work and see from time to time what other people are saying and thinking about my areas of expertise. Wasn't trying to fact-check but I appreciate that my post would've seemed random - apologies.

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@kira_wan_ This isn't a fandom account, but I do know of a few fan spaces! There's @FiversHoneycomb as well as a discord community called Children of El-ahrairah https://t.co/N0sucUmaHd

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@Celtics_PRam @yunclesage More importantly, as a film scholar who has published on Watership Down I can say that referring to it as 'horror' is very common. Genres - especially horror - are subjective and their perception can evolve. Wikipedia is not the be all and end all of how genres are decided.

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@Celtics_PRam @yunclesage I may regret wading into this but this thread caught my eye. For someone who's so keen on facts, you may like to know that it has never been a G in the US - only PG. The change in rating you refer to happened in the UK only.

[RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices]

The movie "is punctuated by images that are shocking for their blunt (though not exploitive) representations of violence and death."

@mattzollerseitz on his obsession with WATERSHIP DOWN (1978)

https://t.co/Qji01q71Dr

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@PhoebeEllaDoyle Thank you :)

[Phoebe Doyle @PhoebeEllaDoyle]

I loved this collection by @watershipdown40! The restoration last year made me appreciate the film in a completely new way and these essays only added to that. It reminded me of reading my uni papers where you never know what fun "rabbithole" you'll enter next!

[On This Day - London Cinema Releases @Mag1cH0ur]

On this day February 12th, 1981, WATERSHIP DOWN was re-released in London 😭