59: Watership Down (1978) Section 1: Prologue Scripted, narrated, recorded and edited by Newell Fisher, with script assistance by John Ruths This opening section covers from the start of the film to 3 minutes 40 and the equivalent Chapter from the book is Chapter 6.The story of the Blessing of El-ahrairah. The very first thing we experience in the film is a dramatic orchestral flourish, before we see anything. And then a strange object emerges out of the darkness. This is our first sight of Frith, the living Sun. We see Frith creating the stars. The camera shot then pans down to the initially blank “world”, onto which surreal stylised bushes and trees are dropped. We then see a collection of fairly bland looking animals drop out of the sky, though still covered with abstract designs El-ahrairah arrives last and on his own, bumping ...