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January 30, 2009
At the Movies: Animated documentary defies easy description
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
Unlike anything you've ever seen before, “Waltz With Bashir” will change your ideas about the possibility of film.
| WALTZ WITH BASHIR |
 Director: Ari Folman Cast: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Shmuel Frenkel, Boaz Rein Buskila, Ori Sivan, Carmi Cna’an, Roni Dayag, Dror Harazi Rating: R for some disturbing images of atrocities, strong violence, brief nudity and a scene of graphic sexual content Language: Hebrew with English subtitles Running time: 87 minutes |
It's an animated documentary, which probably sounds like a contradiction in terms, but even describing it that way threatens to place it in the kinds of tidy, well-defined boxes that “Waltz With Bashir” consistently defies.
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