Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir

  • Director: Ari Folman
  • Countries of origin: Israel, France, Germany, United States, Finland, Switze
  • Language: Hebrew, Arabic, German, English
  • Release date: June 12, 2008
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Вальс із Баширом
  • "Waltz With Bashir" is an animated documentary co-produced by France, Germany, Israel, and the United States. It is directed by Ari Folman and performed by Ari Folman and Dror Harazi. The massacre that occurred in the Lebanese refugee camp in the mid-1980s is reproduced in the form of animation.
    The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15, 2008, and was released in Israel on June 12, 2008   . Won many nominations such as Oscars Best Foreign Language Film, Palme d’Or Main Competition Unit, etc., and won awards such as Best Foreign Language Film in the Golden Globe Awards in the United States, Best Film in the National Society of Film Critics Awards and other awards. 

    Details

    • Release date June 12, 2008
    • Production companies Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion GmbH

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,500,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $2,283,849

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $50,021

    Gross worldwide

    $11,179,372

    Movie reviews

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    • By Dennis 2022-04-23 07:03:01

      Flares cannot illuminate memories buried in darkness

      Animated documentaries? The first reaction is that animation documentary will not have a fictional feeling? After watching "Waltz with Bashir", I realized that the focus of the documentary is on the reconstruction, restoration and interpretation of facts. Cartoons can do the same or even do better, because animations can have more free expression techniques, filtering out unimportant parts and strengthening the parts that need to be strengthened.

      The music of the film is great, the...

    • By Augustus 2022-04-23 07:03:01

      From vague dreams to piercing pain

      The beginning is cut from the dream, a group of wild dogs running frantically, and the soldiers behind the crazy shooting form an interesting intertext. In the film, the protagonist's dream appears repeatedly, three people lying naked in the river, under the fire of the flares. Under the reflection, I walked to the shore, put on clothes in desperation, and walked into the ruins. Women like ghosts rushed to my face. They all said that dreams are the embodiment of the subconscious. The creator...

    • By Stephania 2022-04-23 07:03:01

      real sense of war

      It is rare to see such cartoons, the first one is that I grew up in Iran.
      This one is even heavier, starting with a conversation between two grown men.
      Then a man goes to find the lost memory of which massacre. The only picture he could remember was three people coming out of the water, putting on clothes, and walking.
      I have always thought that only a woman's carcass is full of beauty, and a man's naked body does not look good at all. But it suddenly occurred to me that when men...

    • By Ettie 2022-04-23 07:03:01

      Today's Reflections - Reflections on the Kinds of Ignorance We've Passivated

      In an endless forest, a group of Israeli soldiers were patrolling and killed a Lebanese boy armed with an RPG in time. And the boy, it seemed, was not yet fifteen years old.
        At such an age, he should be educated in school. Even in those days, Sidon (a site of the Palestinian Holocaust) didn't have many schools.
        Soldiers' machine guns beat the boy into a brush, like so many other boys buried in the rubble of Sidon city.
        In this section, the background music is a jumping...

    • By Monty 2022-04-23 07:03:01

      Unspeakable beef slices

      Use words to describe something, but find that all the words you can think of are inaccurate, and all the adjectives you have seen are not powerful enough, and will dilute the color of the thing itself. The older you get, the less likely this happens. The first time in 2009 was when I watched this movie.

      Even for a media person like LUC who has been dealing with text all the year round, the film reviews published in the paper media still make people feel that something is missing. Or...

    User comments

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    • By Trenton 2023-09-28 20:47:15

      Finally found you! Highly...

    • By Logan 2023-09-20 07:26:18

      good morning...

    • By Angel 2023-08-12 22:14:35

      1. The scene has its own tone 2. The transitions from reality to memory are excellent, and it is especially good to draw friends and sons to the dream back to the battlefield 3. Media and images definitely bring new experiences 4. And watching The photos complement the "live" memory to form intertextuality, and the subjective memory constructs the "full picture of experience" of the...

    • By Amiya 2023-07-20 07:34:29

      At that time, the recommended movie was worth five stars! !...

    • By Amiya 2023-07-05 18:32:49

      Flares pierced the dark night sky like fireworks, and the soldiers in the dead city waltzed. The deliberately rough animation takes us back to the killing scene. Born as a human being, I am very ashamed to slaughter people of the same kind again and...

    Movie plot

    In 1982, 19-year-old Ari Folman ( Ari Folman ) was serving in the Israel Defense Forces. One night 24 years later, in a bar, Ari Folman, who is already a film director, met an old friend. He told Ali that he had the same nightmare for many nights, that is, he was chased by 26 bad dogs, and The number of vicious dogs is the same every time. The two concluded that this was related to their experience of serving in the Israel Defense...
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    's way of creation

    "Waltz With Bashir" comes from the director's personal experience of the Sabra Shatila massacre. He revealed the hidden pain of history from a personal perspective by interviewing the comrades of the parties. The title of the film is not directly related to the director himself, but comes from one of his interviewees, the commander of his infantry regiment during the Lebanon War. After the commander was surrounded, he picked up a heavy...
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    The production process of Waltz With Bashir

    From the material research to the final editing, the production of "Waltz With Bashir" lasted four years. The material research alone took the director Ari Folman a whole year. He recruited 12 Israelis who participated in the first Lebanese War. party. After the research was completed, Ali began to shoot in the studio. After 8 months, the shooting was completed. The film was 96 minutes long, and then he was involved in animation...
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    Movie quotes

    • Anonymous soldier: What to do? What to do? Why don't you tell us what to do?

      Ari Folman: Shoot!

      Anonymous soldier: On who?

      Ari Folman: How should I know on who? Just shoot!

      Anonymous soldier: Isn't it better to pray?

      Ari Folman: Pray and shoot!

    • [from trailer]

      Ari Folman: After the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, I lost my memory. Now in order to remember, I am looking for those who can never forget.

    • Himself - Interviewee: Memory is dynamic, it's alive. If some details are missing, memory fills the holes with things that never happened.

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