Waltz With Bashir

What if you were a film maker and you discovered a mystery about your own life. In search of answers, you interview friends, family, and past acquaintances trying to put the pieces together. Bringing a camera along would offend some and cause others to be less candid. So you leave it behind. Yet, when you finish your quest and have your answers, you discover that you have a story that must be told. What do you do? You animate it.

Ari Folman wrote and directed this unique film based on his experiences as a young Israeli soldier in the 80ʼs War in Lebanon. We journey with Ari as he collects each clue until it is revealed how one traumatic event can block a personʼs memory for decades. By using animation to tell this story we are slightly desensitized from the violence much like a soldier would come to be. If we were not desensitized, this story would be too hard to handle. Honest and intriguing, this film makes a strong anti-war statement without getting political. Itʼs a human story about the cost of war upon humanity.

Rating: First Run     People will be talking about this film for a long time.