Waltz with Bashir

DVD 2009

An animated motion picture based on events in the director's own life, involving his attempts to both remember and verify his wartime experiences. After not being able to recall the time he spent on an Israeli Army mission during the Lebanon War, Ari attempts to unravel the mystery by traveling around the world to interview old friends and comrades. As the pieces of the puzzle begin to come together, his memory begins to return in illustrations t...

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Folman, Ari

Lebanon History Israeli intervention, 1982-1985 Atrocities

Sabra and Shatila Massacre, Lebanon, 1982 Personal narratives, Jewish

Soldiers Israel

פולמן, ארי

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Animated films Biographical films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Foreign films -- Israel Personal narratives Video recordings

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ISBN:

9781435948877

Uniform Title:

Ṿals ʻim Bashir
ואלס עם באשיר

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
digital optical Dolby Digital 5.1
digital optical mono (or stereo, or surround) Dolby digital 5.1
videodisc
DVD NTSC
video file DVD video Region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: 18A

Other Title:

French title from IMDb: Valse avec Bachir
German title from IMDb: Walzer mit Bashir
ואלס עם באשיר

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008
Includes 4 previews of other motion pictures
Special features: optional commentary with director Ari Folman; "Surreal soldiers : making Waltz with Bashir" featurette (12 min.); "Q & A with director Ari Folman" (10 min.); "Building the scenes - animatics" (17 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.)
Licensed for individual viewing only
Art director and illustrator, David Polonsky ; animation director, Yoni Goodman ; editor, Nili Feller ; music, Max Richter
Interviewees: Boaz Rein Buskila, Carmi Cna'an, Ori Sivan, Roni Dayag, Shmuel Frenkel, Dror Harazi, Ron Ben-Yeshai
DVD, Region 1, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital
Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film; Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film; Best Picture of the Year, National Society of Film Critics
In Hebrew or English with optional subtitles and optional subtitled commentary in English

Contents:

Special features: Commentary with director Ari Folman
Surreal soldiers: Making Waltz with Bashir
Q & A with Ari Folman
Building the scenes
Animatics

Control Number:

2786747

UPC:

043396289932
774212100956

Other Authors:

ARTE France, production company
Bridgit Folman Film Gang (Firm), production company
Buskila, Boaz Rein, interviewee
Dayag, Ronny, interviewee
Feller, Nili, editor of moving image work
Films d'ici (Firm), distributing company
Folman, Ari, screenwriter, film director, film producer
Frenkel, Shmuel, interviewee
Goodman, Yoni, animator
Independent Television Service
Lalou, Serge, film producer
Meixner, Gerhard, film producer
Nahlieli, Yael, film producer
Noga Communications, production company
Paul, Roman (Producer), film producer
Polonsky, David, art director
Razor Filmproduktion (Firm), production company
Richter, Max, composer (expression)
Sivan, Ori, 1963- interviewee
Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), film distributor
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor
פולמן, ארי screenwriter, film director, film producer

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