Israeli animated war film 'Waltz with Bashir' captures top U.S...

by tikun | January 4, 2009 at 05:41 am

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The film follows the directors real-life effort at reconstructing his memory of his experience as a soldier in the Lebanon War.

In a surprise move, the National Society of Film Critics chose "Waltz With Bashir" as the year's best film on Saturday. Other film associations had picked "Slumdog Millionaire," "Milk" or "Wall-E" for the category.

Israeli director Ari Folman's memoir of his years as a soldier during the 1982 war with Lebanon, "Waltz With Bashir" has been described as an animated documentary. The New York Times calls it "an altogether amazing film."