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Waltz with Bashir (2008)
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Favorite Movie Quote: "Can't films be therapeutic?"
23 Awards, including a Cesar and a Golden Globe; and 23 more nominations including Oscar and BAFTA. This is one of the very best films of 2008, and would have had more exposure if they had 10 Best Film nominations at the Academy Awards last year.
The film was visually stunning. The sound, the music, the animation were all excellent. It was a pleasure to watch and hear.
The film is an attempt to understand and explain a massacre that took place during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon. A friend of the director interviews old army buddies to try and come up with answers - much like Rashomon.
The answers came slowly. Those in command were aware of the massacre and did nothing.
We ask ourselves, as we are aware of massacres occurring today in Rwanda, Darfur, even the Holocaust. We knew and we did nothing. Are we just as guilty.
The use of animation to tell this story was most appropriate as it allowed the memories to be shown.
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