Explicitly
well built yet grimly presented with high contrast animation Waltz with Bashir
is a documentary film from Israel. Though it is a documentary its surprisingly
entertaining in an equal way to a feature film that builds a strong plot using
speculation and reaches a point of realism at it’s peak. The horrifying reality
about Waltz with Bashir is that its not fiction but it is the story of a dark
event that took place in West Beirut, Lebanon in 1982 which later the world
identified as the Sabra and Shatila massacre.
Director
Ari Folman is on a path of self-realization when he interviews several veterans
from the period of the invasion of Lebanon. And this movie represents those
interviews and the findings in a very creatively laid out animation based
cinematography. The style of animation
it self looks unique and very original and when it mixes with the details of
the story there is very thin line between reality and animated characters. As
the story telling style is attractive and appealing the viewers are carried to
a certain point when they are bombarded with a brief session of live news
footage. It is surprisingly well made and the presentation of this certain
event is built to last a lifetime in the memory.
Waltz
with Bashir is not just another documentary about war and barbaric human
behavior. It is something more that has the capacity to reach in to deep
corners of the mind and haunts viewer for times to come. And when it comes to
events like this being haunted is essential as nothing comes close to the true
pain and suffering the real victims went through.
My
score 4/5
Genre:
Drama | Documentary | Biography | Animation
Director:
Ari Folman
"Vals
Im Bashir" (original title)
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