Dec

Waltz with Bashir

Posted by: admin in Movies

Director:
Ari Folman
Stars: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

The Plot: By meeting and interviewing old friends from around the world, Ari, a former member of the Israeli Army, retraces his spotty personal history to a life-changing incident that occurred during his country’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

Uh-oh, the Academy has another Persepolis situation on their hands… Turns out Ari Folman’s surrealist animated war drama never had its mandatory one-week run in New York City this year (something that had to be in place by the end of last August), so it’s no kudos for Bashir, easily one of the best-received documentaries on the international film-festival circuit. Personally, while I think the rule is so old fashioned, I find it odd that the doc’s NYC-based distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, missed the bus here. The Joe Sacco set is up in arms! Will they be rewarded with a Golden Globe win?