Waltz with Bashir (2008)
(Vals im Bashir)
Country: ISR/FR/GER/US/FIN/SW/BEL/ÖST
Technical: col 90m
Director: Ari Folman
Cast: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman
Synopsis:
After a conversation with a former comrade, a filmmaker attempts to recover his memories of events surrounding the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, culminating in the Sabra and Shatila massacres.
Review:
In a sense a piece of investigative journalism under the guise of an amnesia mystery drama, with real witness accounts sublimated under rotoscoped interview footage. Other animation techniques are added to the heady mix of visual and aural material, essentially dissociating us from events in the much the same way as the participants here claim to have been. It is hard to imagine an anti-war film about sectarian conflict being done any better than this.
(Vals im Bashir)
Country: ISR/FR/GER/US/FIN/SW/BEL/ÖST
Technical: col 90m
Director: Ari Folman
Cast: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman
Synopsis:
After a conversation with a former comrade, a filmmaker attempts to recover his memories of events surrounding the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, culminating in the Sabra and Shatila massacres.
Review:
In a sense a piece of investigative journalism under the guise of an amnesia mystery drama, with real witness accounts sublimated under rotoscoped interview footage. Other animation techniques are added to the heady mix of visual and aural material, essentially dissociating us from events in the much the same way as the participants here claim to have been. It is hard to imagine an anti-war film about sectarian conflict being done any better than this.
(Vals im Bashir)
Country: ISR/FR/GER/US/FIN/SW/BEL/ÖST
Technical: col 90m
Director: Ari Folman
Cast: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman
Synopsis:
After a conversation with a former comrade, a filmmaker attempts to recover his memories of events surrounding the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, culminating in the Sabra and Shatila massacres.
Review:
In a sense a piece of investigative journalism under the guise of an amnesia mystery drama, with real witness accounts sublimated under rotoscoped interview footage. Other animation techniques are added to the heady mix of visual and aural material, essentially dissociating us from events in the much the same way as the participants here claim to have been. It is hard to imagine an anti-war film about sectarian conflict being done any better than this.