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Waltz with Bashir [videorecording] / written, directed, and produced by Ari Folman ; Bridgit Folman Film Gang ; Les Films D\'ici ; Razor Film Produktion, in association with Arte France, Noga Communications-Channel 8.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 28993 | Sony Pictures ClassicsLanguage: Hebrew, English Subtitle language: English Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Classics, c2009.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1435948874
  • 9781435948877
Uniform titles:
  • Ṿals ʻim Bashir.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director, Ari Forman ; producer, Yael Nahlieli ... [et al.] ; art director/illustrator, David Polonsky ; director of animation, Yoni Goodman ; editor, Nilli Feller ; original music, Max Richter.
Cast: Interviewees: Ori Sivan, Ronny Dayag, Shmuel Frenkel, Prof. Zahava Solomon, Ron Ben-Yishai, Dror Harazi, Boaz Rein-Ruskila (dubbed by Miki Leon), Carmi Cna\'an (dubbed by Yehezkel Lazarov).Summary: 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. Interviewing past colleagues and acquaintances, Ari begins to uncover the horrific demons of his past, and his terrible memories start to creep back.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Director Ari Folman's animated, quasi-documentary Waltz With Bashir follows the filmmaker's emotional attempt to decipher the horrors that unfolded one night in September of 1982, when Christian militia members massacred more than 3,000 Palestinian refugees in the heart of Beirut as Israeli soldiers surrounded the area. Folman was one of those soldiers, but nearly 20 years after the fact, his memories of that night remain particularly hazy. After hearing an old friend recall a vivid nightmare in which he is pursued by 26 ferocious dogs, Folman and his friend conclude that the dream must somehow relate to that fateful mission during the first Lebanon War. When Folman realizes that his recollections regarding that period in his life seem to have somehow been wiped clean, he travels the world to interview old friends and fellow soldiers from the war. Later, as Folman's memory begins to emerge in a series of surreal images, he begins to uncover a truth about himself that will haunt him for the rest of his days. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Includes special features: commentary with director; surreal soldiers: making Waltz with Bashir; Q & A with Ari Folman; Building the scenes-animatics.

Director, Ari Forman ; producer, Yael Nahlieli ... [et al.] ; art director/illustrator, David Polonsky ; director of animation, Yoni Goodman ; editor, Nilli Feller ; original music, Max Richter.

Interviewees: Ori Sivan, Ronny Dayag, Shmuel Frenkel, Prof. Zahava Solomon, Ron Ben-Yishai, Dror Harazi, Boaz Rein-Ruskila (dubbed by Miki Leon), Carmi Cna\'an (dubbed by Yehezkel Lazarov).

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. Interviewing past colleagues and acquaintances, Ari begins to uncover the horrific demons of his past, and his terrible memories start to creep back.

DVD; region 1; 1.78.1 anamorphic widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1.

In Hebrew and English; subtitles in English.

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