Flares cannot illuminate memories buried in darkness

Dennis 2022-04-23 07:03:01

Animated documentaries? The first reaction is that animation documentary will not have a fictional feeling? After watching "Waltz with Bashir", I realized that the focus of the documentary is on the reconstruction, restoration and interpretation of facts. Cartoons can do the same or even do better, because animations can have more free expression techniques, filtering out unimportant parts and strengthening the parts that need to be strengthened.

The music of the film is great, the pure healing music of Jsp/Rpg is like the sun shining on the face through the jungle leaves, and then the cannonballs fired by the hated children are exploding. Even at the moment when the flesh and blood were flying, the music still flowed calmly, implying that the young soldier refused and pulled away from what he had experienced, so he had such a serious selective amnesia after the war. Chopin's waltz is as unreal as the sloppy footsteps and machine gun bullets sloping down.

And that recurring dream, from the sea, they saw flares in the sky pierce the night sky, but let the Buddha make the night even darker. The war and the massacre were the memories he buried in the darkness, and only the flares kept reminding him that there was something you could not see in the darkness.

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Waltz with Bashir quotes

  • Anonymous soldier: What to do? What to do? Why don't you tell us what to do?

    Ari Folman: Shoot!

    Anonymous soldier: On who?

    Ari Folman: How should I know on who? Just shoot!

    Anonymous soldier: Isn't it better to pray?

    Ari Folman: Pray and shoot!

  • [from trailer]

    Ari Folman: After the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, I lost my memory. Now in order to remember, I am looking for those who can never forget.