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Waltz with Bashir is a 2008 animated documentary-style film which was screened at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
It won a Golden Globe for best Foreign Film in 2009. The film was given the highest honor of Best Picture of 2008, by the National Society of Film Critics, and has generated Oscar buzz in the animation and foreign film categories.Spoutblog: Waltz With Bashir's Oscar ChancesLA Times: Bashir Takes Top Honors (January 4, 2009) It was also nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2009, but the Award went to The Japanese film Departures.
Plot Synopsis
Waltz with Bashir focuses on Ari Folman as he struggles to remember his experiences during the Lebanon War in the 1980s. To recover these lost memories he meets with old friends, from all parts of the world, hoping they can help shine some light on this missing piece of his life.The New York Times: Waltz with Bashir ReviewAwards
Waltz with Bashir was been nominated for a number of awards. Of those nominations it won the title "Best Foreign Film" from the British Independent Film Awards, "Best Animation" from Los Angeles Film Critics Association and grand prize at the Tokyo Filmex.Official Site: Waltz with Bashir Awards1982 Lebanon War
The 1982 Lebanon War, also known as operation Peace for Galilee, took place between June and September of 1982. This three month conflict between Israeli forces and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Syrian and Muslim Lebanese forces was brutal and bloody, producing more than 17,000 casualties. Most of the dead and injured were Lebanese and Palestinian civilians.End the Occupation: ...1982 Lebanon War...Critical Reception
"The artistic triumph of Waltz With Bashir is that, instead of 90 minutes of middle-aged male talking heads, the events being described are strikingly animated on-screen. And because audiences are overly familiar with filmed images of Middle East conflict, the eerie animation provides a fresh perspective about these troubled times."—My Film Blogmyfilmblog.co.uk: Waltz with Bashir (May 21, 2008)"Folman has created an intensely personal new type of filmmaking. In a way he allows us more so than any film, narrative, or documentary of late to interact with the story that is laid out. His goal is simple: to tell a story, to move his audience. He succeeds."—Artist DirectArtist Direct: Waltz with Bashir (January 6, 2009)
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Waltz with Bashir Blogs and Commentaries
- Spoutblog: Waltz With Bashir's Oscar Chances
- JustPressPlay: ...Bashir Ineligible For Oscar (October 7, 2008)
- Blog: London Film Festival: Waltz with Bashir (October 29, 2008)
- The Forbidden Planet: Waltz with Bashir (May 22, 2008)
- Cinematical: Review: Waltz with Bashir (May 14, 2008)
- Cinemascope: ...Waltz With Bashir: Exclusive First Trailer (May 13, 2008)
- IMDb: Waltz with Bashir Message Board
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