Waltz with Bashir

"Waltz With Bashir" is an Israeli animated biography of the film's director, Ari Folman, who plays himself and goes on a journey to reconstruct his own memories of his experience as a soldier in the 1982 Lebanon War.

As we follow Ari Folman through his voyage, we meet a bunch of his former companions during the war, who he interviews, and each time we collect with him partial pieces of the full story, we get a full view of the re-told events in the form of fascinating animation.

This incredible documentary has a unique and artistic way of presenting itself, the surreal animation style with illustrations similar to comics makes it much more engaging and interesting, it also gives the director enough room to play and convey his message in a way that wouldn't have been as efficacious in a live action movie.

The soundtrack also is an enormous factor in this feature, it consisted of a combination of 80's and classical music, not only are they fitting and emotional but they're also purposeful as well.

This is by no means a bash Israel/Lebanon/Palestine movie, the point isn't to put the blame on anyone, it simply puts on screen the pointlessness of a war face to face with its devastating and crucial results.

Despite the film's subject not being anything new, it still manages to pull out some originality using its unique techniques, it also puts the audience in the shoes of guilt full soldiers, who spend the rest of their lives being haunted by the horrors of the battlefield, this approach adds to the honesty and sincerity of the movie, meanwhile, the ending is a hard hitting reminder of the brutal reality.

"Waltz With Bashir" is a well crafted and powerful piece of art, its ambiguity touches a deep nerve of truth that many war documentaries fail to reach. This is a Full Price.