Waltz with Bashir

posted by Jett Loe

Waltz with Bashir is at the Belcourt from January 30th.

I recommend you see it – a war documentary shot in an innovative style – the interviewees, participants in yet another war, were recorded and then animated, (yet not rotoscoped – thank goodness), to impressive effect.

The style is intense, hallucinatory – done in the style of a graphic novel.  Which perfectly suits this story of men – or more accurately little boys – who can’t really do anything – can’t stop daddy from hurting someone – and desperately miss their girlfriends, (aka mommies).

It’s a great film – and, Spoilers Ahoy, leads up to a devastating ending, (actually I won’t reveal the end in detail- only say that New Yorker film critic Anthony Lane is wrong when he writes “I know what Folman wants to do here, but it strikes me as a mistake”, the ending is EXACTLY what it should be – we see the effects these boys have on women and children – and it is SHOCKING – rightly so).

Trailer Below – or go to Apple for better resolution/less compression version.

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