cannot hide the heavy atmosphere of the film. "Waltzing with Bashir" eloquently narrated through the words of the protagonist and his comrades through the hands of the animation, showing the shocking scene in a panoramic manner. Massacre - In June 1982, Israel launched a large-scale armed invasion of Lebanon, occupying one-third of Lebanon's territory and besieging Beirut with heavy troops. On September 15, more than 1,000 Palestine refugees were brutally massacred by Israeli invading troops and Lebanese Christian militias.
The massacre of defenseless civilians is an unforgivable crime in war. It is the destruction of the individual, and it is the annihilation of humanity. Director Ali Forman was a soldier in the Israeli army at the time. As a witness, Forman was obviously more aware of how profound the psychological trauma the war left him. The memory is restored, with strong colors, beautiful pictures, and a stylized narrative process. Foreman has downplayed the blood and cruelty that should have been there, but it highlights the inhumanity of this massacre - those soldiers who sang, those who were innocent The soldiers shooting wildly aimlessly, the lives that were alive in the last second, the corpses of children, women, and old people covered by the ruins... The contrast is cruel, far better than any modified language.
All the material of the film comes from interviews with real people, who were witnesses of the war. Forman uses their memories to promote the development of the film. The memories are fragmented, interspersed with the impact of war and massacre on their lives. Influence, even if time is the best way to get rid of memory, but for them, time is the shackle of memory, they can't escape easily, just like Forman expresses war with animation, animation is beautiful and pure , but made the war and the massacre more guilt-ridden.
Human nature is inherently guilty, and this theme is revealed at the beginning of the film: a dog running, grinning, and gleaming. Here, it is not so much to exaggerate the atmosphere as to show the soldiers obeying orders. They cannot compromise, they can only rush forward, and there is no room for turning back. Here, the individual is clearly powerless. The Israeli soldiers bathed in the sea water and the morning care walked into the city with a leisurely expression, while a large group of women ran out of the city in panic. A lot of contrasts were used in the film to set off the emotions of the soldiers and the people.
Under the choice of death and survival, soldiers in war are crazy. Many clips are used in the film to show the crazy mood of Israeli soldiers. The most shocking part is that they are driving armored vehicles while shooting continuously. Their aimlessness makes their inner fears fully revealed, and the huge matrix that appears in the sea is the director's expression of nostalgia for the homeland and a continuation of life. In the film, Foreman did not shy away from incidents that would accidentally injure civilians in wars. Civilians are in a marginalized position in wars, and their lives and lives are vulnerable in the face of wars.
Bashir is the leader of the Falangist Party, and his influence in Lebanon is everywhere. Necklaces, rings, murals... He is like a god, and he is an object of worship. Forman even said that because of him, he will "generate sexual fantasies." , Platonic sexual fantasies”, his assassination became an excuse for the Christian factions in Israel and Lebanon, and the image of soldiers dancing and shooting machine guns became an aesthetic classic, a ruthless satire of war.
At the end of the film, there is a suffocating massacre, piles of corpses fell silently among the ruins, and the heartbroken people could not see the hope of life. This documentary video It is director Ali Forman's restoration of the massacre, on which people's memory of the massacre is extended, and the accusation of war and massacre shows the director's repentance for the incident.
At the Cannes Film Festival just past, "Waltzing with Bashir" was one of 22 films shortlisted for the main competition, and was criticized as a "bold animation", it is true, who else would use it like this How to express a war, express a massacre? Time may wash away the pain, but time cannot erase the memories, some things are destined to never be forgotten.
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