Waltz With Bashir

Waltz With Bashir

By Ari Folman

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2008-12-25
  • Advisory Rating: R
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Director: Ari Folman
  • Production Company: Bridgit Folman Film Gang
  • Production Country: Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 12.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
7.7/10
7.7
From 921 Ratings

Description

Autobigraphical film follows the director as he tries to recover blacked-out memories of his experiences fighting in the 1982 Israel-Lebanon war. The movie's title comes from a key moment when a soldier in Folman's platoon enters a kind of fugue state, firing his gun while dancing in the street in front of a billboard of former Lebanese prime minister Bashir Gemavel.

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  • Unforgetable

    5
    By Good good not bad
    its one of does films that cant be erased from the memory...the animation is great..very visionary...it was hard for me to keep my eyes off this film
  • a must see

    5
    By Quinzy du Sablon
    Don't miss it!
  • See This

    5
    By Lady_Marigold
    Excellent. The style reminds of a comic book in motion - in some ways, this makes the content easier to bear. A very human film. Highly recommended.
  • Very thoughtful and unique

    5
    By erinmichael
    The style is unusual - like a blend between "Waking Life" and "A Scanner Darkly" with an Adobe Flash twist to it. The story is intriguing and thought-provoking. The content is sometimes upsetting without being overdone. It is very tasteful given the subject. All in all I enjoyed it greatly and found it refreshingly different.
  • Moving and compelling

    5
    By Squidstudios
    I wasn't sure what to expect when I saw this, but I was pleased to discover its simplicity and beauty. It simultaneously portrays war as mundane and sensational. Very human. A highly recommended film.
  • Stunning

    5
    By Dagreenman18
    Watch this film. One of the greatest works of animation ever and one if my favorite Documentaries of all time
  • FrederikDane

    4
    By Idag14
    Good movie. Thought it was more personal than political. By war and battles you don't only lose your youth and innocence, you lose the basic ability of sensing right from wrong. This is why the director and his friends, who witnessed the war and the events of Sabra and Shattila, are confused and traumatized.
  • Looking at one's self

    5
    By Gscott1847
    I am pro Israel and was proud to support and Israeli made film about this very imporant topic. The film is a look into the minds of Israeli's and shows how much Israel both hates war while showing s few other things: 1. The effects of war on soldiers (PTSD, among other psychological problems). 2. That the enemy Israel faces is not what people think and that the world needs to see what the enemy can do (hidi v in civilian population, using children to fight wars and hide among them, etc). 3. Israel on the first Lebanon war. Bot every Israeli supports the first war. In fact, Israelis can compare this venture into what America is doing in Iraq. Overall, and important film on Israel, war, and it's effects on soldiers.
  • Beautiful

    5
    By Betbetbet
  • R u kiddin

    1
    By araboynyc
    This movie stinks. It's just the Israeli twist on self guilt but of course they have to profit from it also.

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