Waltz with Bashir [DVD video]

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 that are surreal. At the end of the animated film is a very short segment of the film that shows live footage of war casualties.

General Note:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.

Includes 4 previews of other motion pictures.

Title from container.

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.).

Performers:

Interviewees: Boaz Rein Buskila, Carmi Cna'an, Ori Sivan, Roni Dayag, Shmuel Frenkel, Dror Harazi, Ron Ben-Yeshai.

Contents:

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

Technical Details:

DVD, Region 1, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital.

Personal Subject:

Folman, Ari.

Subject Term:

Soldiers -- Israel.

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

Geographic Term:

Lebanon -- History -- Israeli intervention, 1982-1985 -- Atrocities.

Genre:

Animated films.

Feature films.