Waltz With Bashir
Filmmaker Ari Folman can’t explain why he can’t remember much of his service in the Israeli army, so he interviews his comrades in order to piece together his history and make sense of a recurring vision.
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Hey you guys. I’m going to see Waltz with Bashir. Anyone wanna join me? |
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Nope. |
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Naw. |
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Suck it. |
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Oh come on! The animation looks really fresh and interesting! Like A Scanner Darkly and Renaissance!
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Are those movies?
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You guys are asses. |
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Have fun dancing with Bashir! |
90 minutes later… |
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Oh you guys missed some amazing animation! Some of the best cell-shaded animation I’ve ever seen.
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Did you learn anything new about the waltz? |
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That’s not what the movie was about! It was about a former Israeli army soldier who can’t remember anything from the time he served and sets about interviewing his comrades hoping to find some link to certain inexplicable visions he’s been having. Ultimately, he remembers all the horrors he faced and the atrocities he was accompany to, including the massacre of 3000 Palestinian refugees.
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And they animated all that?
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Well, everything except some actual footage of the massacre during the last minute or two. But the animation was beautiful and haunting. |
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Any boobs in it? |
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You guys are ridiculous. And yes, kinda. |
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Maybe it is worth seeing! |
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Yes! It is! But not for that! It’s a compelling examination into the ugliness and reality of how savage and random war is. And it’s literally told from the director’s perspective. He lived through it all!
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Does the hero get the girl in the end? |
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There are no heroes in this film. Just honest confessions of the blind ignorance and fear he and his friends experienced. |
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I don’t get what waltzing has to do with any of this. |
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You can admit you went to a dance lesson, we won’t make fun of you… too much. |
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I hate you guys. |