Art Friday : Waltz With Bashir – Award-winning Animated Documentary
Waltz with Bashir is an Israeli documentary about the 1982 Lebanon War which won Best Picture Award and 5 other Ophir awards from the Israeli Film Academy as well as the Best Animated Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards last month. The film also features the work of the Israeli twins and artists, Tomer and Asaf Hanuka, together with Michael Faust and Ya’ara Buchman. First discovered Tomer Hanuka’s fabulous artwork from Brazilian art blog IdeaFixa and found some awesome art of the Merkava tank by Asaf Hanuka for Waltz With Bashir at their shared blog Tropical Toxic.
A mighty IDF Merkava tank crushes all in its path while traversing a narrow Lebanese street.
Frankly speaking, I don’t really know much about this film, so here’s the sypnosis from the official site.
One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life.
“Don’t you ever have flashbacks from Lebanon?”
“No.”Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images.
Some additional captures from the theatrical trailer.
I don’t think it has been shown in Singapore yet – I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it will be shown in Singapore at the local box office or at least during one of the upcoming film festivals soon.
Visit the official site at waltzwithbashir.com or the Wikipedia or IMDb page for this film.
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