"Waltz With Bashir is a memoir, a history lesson, a combat picture, a piece of investigative journalism and an altogether amazing film," writes AO Scott in the New York Times. "Directed by Ari Folman, an Israeli filmmaker whose struggle to make sense of his experience as a soldier in the Lebanon war of 1982 shapes its story, Waltz is by no means the world"s only animated documentary, a phrase that sounds at first like a cinematic oxymoron. Movies like Richard Linklater"s Waking Life and Brett Morgen"s Chicago 10 have used animation to make reality seem more vivid and more strange, producing odd and fascinating experiments. But Mr Folman has gone further, creating something that is not only unique but also exemplary, a work of astonishing aesthetic integrity and searing moral power."

David D"Arcy talks with Folman about what makes an animated film vital long after its technical wow-effect wears off. Posted by: dwhudson    Source

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