Waltz with Bashir
Vals Im Bashir
Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Finland, France, United States, Israel
2008
87 Min
Color
1.85:1
Arabic, English, German, Hebrew
Synopsis
One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images. –IMDb
Director
Ari Folman
Ari Folman (Hebrew: ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter and film score composer. Ari Folman was born in Haifa to Holocaust survivors. His wife is also a film director. They live in Tel Aviv. Ari Folman’s memories of the aftermath of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre which took place when he was a 19-year old soldier, served as the basis for his movie Waltz with Bashir. The film follows his attempt to regain his memories of the war through therapy as well as conversations with old friends and other Israelis that were present in Beirut around the time of the massacre. —Wikipedia
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There Will Be Josh Schasny
19Dec11
Officially one of the greatest films I have ever seen. Near flawless, great pacing and excellent mixture of fact and fiction, where it is literally juxtaposed one with the other. Fantastic use of animation as well.
eric
22Oct11
Ari Folman's 2009 Academy Award-winning animated feature Waltz With Bashir captures his own personal narrative reconstructing his experience in the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Visually rendered in monochromatic and amber-splashed hues, this powerful animated graphic novel style brings a gritty-edged vision spiked with magic realism and a pulsing score to the screen. This antiwar portrait is an evocative memoir.
Doctor Sodoma
23Sep11
Lo más impactante de este filme animado es, irónicamente, lo que no está animado.
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The Auteurs Daily: Venice, Toronto and NYFF. Lebanon
By David Hudson on September 9, 2009
"Visceral, torn-from-the-memory filmmaking that packs every punch except one to the heart, Lebanon is the boldest and best of
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
[Our thanks to regular reader Agent Wax for sending in the following review from the Singapore Animation Nation Festival.]In many ways, this is the hardest review I’ve ever sat down and committed myself
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Review
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
[This review originally appeared as part of my TIFF coverage over at Showcase. It seems appropriate to reprint it here with the regular theatrical release about to kick off.] At first glance the idea of
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
[This review originally appeared as part of my TIFF coverage over at Showcase. It seems appropriate to reprint it here with the regular theatrical release about to kick off.] At first glance the idea of
WALTZ WITH BASHIR Review
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
[Our thanks to regular reader Agent Wax for sending in the following review from the Singapore Animation Nation Festival.]In many ways, this is the hardest review I’ve ever sat down and committed myself
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Some Dance to Remember, Some Dance to Forget - 4 stars
By lolo341 on November 26, 2011
In one of the DVD extras, Director/Writer Ari Folman examines his own “Post Traumatic Sketch Disorder,” by asking, “Is a digital image consisting of thoughts as lines and digital information – is it… read review
WALTZ WITH BASHIR (VALS IM BASHIR)
By Daniel A. DiCenso on September 4, 2011
It was an act of bravery for Ari Folman to make Waltz with Bashir, a disturbing biographical film about his experiences in the Lebanon War of 1982. It must have been really hard to look into his own… read review
Amazing
By Conner Rainwater on May 30, 2010
I want to say that this is the finest line between fiction and reality that there is. Documentaries are never this beautiful and poetic in nature, Ari Folman has created a complete masterpiece. The… read review
O modo de representação
By Noslen on May 17, 2010
1:Num post feito a respeito do modo de análise, tinha referido que o filme de Edward Yang (Yi Yi) me tinha feito lembrar os filmes construídos mais no modo de representação primitivo, que depois do… read review
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WALTZ WITH BASHIR (Ari Folman, 2008)
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how many of you think this is the best war movie ever made ?
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