Tuesday 16 October 2012

Waltz with Bashir

An Israeli film director interviews veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to piece together his own memories of his role in the conflict.

Out of the three films I have seen so far (Coonskin, Animal Farm and Waltz of Bashir), this third film definitely made me feel more emotion towards the victims of the war.
It is an unusual film as it is made up entirely of interviews with ex-soldiers and it is also animated, combining Adobe Flash cutouts and classic animation with a tiny amount of 3D.
The appearance is very similar to comic book art as they've used very defined outlines and harsh black shadows throughout the film. I actually liked this style because it represents the overall atmosphere of the film, making everything darker meant we see the events as brutal and completely unnecessary as they eradicate innocent civilians.
At the end we see news footage of the aftermath of the invasion and it helps the audience to understand that, yes, this was an animation (which most of the time is seen as a fantasy) but in truth it is a depiction of what real veterans are imagining and to back it all up we see the true events that followed in real life.


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