Waltz with Bashir

[Windmill knight]

Today I saw this movie:

Waltz with Bashir

One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.

You can see a trailer here and another one here.

I found it to be an extremely powerful and honest (anti)war film. Although I was already familiar with the historic events it describes, it shocked me to tears (I cried more than once and in fact I couldn't stop crying all throughout the credits). The message is very strong, and so is the artistic way in which it is delivered. It is done in beautiful animation, but it is in fact more of a documentary than a movie, as it is based on actual events and experiences.

Anyone seen it yet?

 

[Ennio]

Recommendation seconded. Even though I haven't seen it recently, the events of the Paris shooting recalled some of the scenes in this film and how certain things effect the minds and souls of normal people - in this case, a young soldier in the IDF. Waltz with Bashir is an artful, thoughtful, beautiful film that packs a heck of a punch before its all over. I hope that many here get to see it.

 

[whitecoast]

I enjoyed the movie quite a lot. It was a sad ending, for sure. I also found some parts of it to be a bit self-indulgent in a post-modern kind of way (ambiguity about what they were smoking in Holland, the scene in which someone was watching porn, etc.) But all things considered a good positive dissociation. :)

 

[Mr.Cyan]

Fully recommended as well. I saw it about 2 years ago, and a thoroughly powerful, visceral and thought provoking film. Even though it was in animation form it moved me a lot.

The way it started with the dream about being chased by dogs just set the tone for the whole film...

 

[Divide by Zero]

I enjoyed the movie quite a lot. It was a sad ending, for sure. I also found some parts of it to be a bit self-indulgent in a post-modern kind of way (ambiguity about what they were smoking in Holland, the scene in which someone was watching porn, etc.) But all things considered a good positive dissociation. :)

I saw this movie after Ennio recommended it and I can agree it is a good positive dissociation. I felt empathy for those who were fighting for the psychopathic state. It was so black and white to me before, but this movie showed me some grey that didn't negate the horror of what happened. It made me cry for sadness of all life.

If priming can block us from reality, it can also be a way to point us to objectivity- depending on the tool. I am reminded of "Thor's Pantheum"

Recently I got interested in the composer Max Richter and I found out just today that he wrote a few songs for the soundtrack.