Walt With Bashir was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the oscars and regretfully didn't win, but do yourself a favor adn see it. Waltz With Bashir is truly a wonderful spectacle. It is an animated documentary about the conflict in Lebanon in 1982. It is a curious mix of metaphor, talking head interviews and animated footage of that conflict, but it is also about the fluidity of memory and the tricks your mind plays to bury or distract people from unpleasant memories. It is also the personal journey of the director Ari Folman to recover his memory from the war. The animation is original and impressive visually. The only live footage takes place at the end of the film and makes a strong dramatic point about the tragedy of war.
It was going to be difficult or nearly impossible for Revolutionary Road to have the same impact that the novel had. That being said I had low expectations for the film version, but I felt hat it was very true to the novel and had some great performances from Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. But it does come off as a longer version of Mad Men. I didn’t agree with some of the alterations, but understand: for example in the book Frank beat April-they omitted this in the movie. I think that it is a much more powerful story when read, but it is a fairly entertaining as a film as well.
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