Last night I went to the Westhampton theater to see Waltz With Bashir. It was an animated documentary written, and directed by Ari Folman. The documentary focuses on Folman's experience in the Sabra and Shatila massacres of Palestinians, which occurred in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
Folman served in the Israeli military in his late teens, however he cannot remember his anything about his tour of duty during that time. So he goes around asking friends who served with him, a psychologist who helped soldiers with PTSD after the war, and journalist Ron Ben-Yishai (who covered the war), to help him piece together his memories.
Folman says he wasn't trying to make it a political film, but he wanted people to understand the horrors of the Lebanon war from his own personal account. I have been interested on the subject of Israelis and Palestinians for a long time now, and was very excited when I first heard about the film. I think that it is an important piece of work, and more people should watch it.
I also want to note that it was cool to see that brothers and comic artists Tomer and Asaf Tanuka worked on the film's design team.
Here is the interview Ari Folman had with France 24's news casting in english. He has some very interesting things to say about the film, but I'm also distracted by his eyes moving to the side in the interview.
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