A wholly innovative, original, and vital history lesson, with pioneering animation, Waltz With Bashir delivers its message about the Middle East in a mesmerizing fashion. Read critic reviews
Waltz With Bashir
2008, Documentary/Animation, 1h 30m
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Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman wrote, directed and stars in this autobiographical animated film. As a 19-year-old infantry soldier in the 1982 war with Lebanon, Folman witnessed the Sabra and Shatila massacre, but realizes that he has no memory of the event. In 2006, he seeks out others who were in Beirut at the time to discuss their memories, including a psychologist specializing in post-traumatic stress disorders and the first journalist to cover the massacre.
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Rating: R (Dist. Images of Atrocities|Brief Nudity|Graphic Sexual Violence|Strong Violence)
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Genre: Documentary, Animation
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Original Language: Hebrew
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Director: Ari Folman
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Producer: Ari Folman, Serge Lalou, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul
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Writer: Ari Folman
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Box Office (Gross USA): $2.3M
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Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
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One of the best uses of animation to bring forward memories. This is the only way that some events can be depicted in a less painful way.
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The trippy, innovative animation of Waltz With Bashir helps to capture the tragic and fragmented memories of its writer/director, Ari Folman. An animated war movie (gasp) about the Lebanon War, it is autobiographical in the sense that the main character is more or less Folman, conducting interviews for his film. I feel it is a fascinating style for this material; and through unforgettable imagery, fantastic sound design and scoring, and stimulating conversations with both heroes and fallen angels it achieves a primitive level of devastation that, yes, could and should be compared to the likes of any classic war film.
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A film about the absurdity of war, the absurdity and the horror that happened in Beyrouth in the early 80's. Impressive animation. Haunting images. Great soundtrack. An important film. Powerful.
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Waltz With Bashir is an animated documentary (possibly made out of guilt) that artfully accounts the filmmaker's forgotten, but haunting memory of the 1982 Lebanon War, Sabra and Shatila Massacre. Ugly history presented with irresistible creativity and charm. A strong and powerful work that explores the psychological trauma by warfare. The God-awful screams at the end are haunting.
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