Above: The animated documentary ''Waltz With Bashir'' by Ari Folman. It opens locally Jan. 16.
(Courtesy of Sony Picture Classics)
'Waltz' marks a turning point
Israeli war films undergo a shift
Above: The animated documentary ''Waltz With Bashir'' by Ari Folman. It opens locally Jan. 16.
(Courtesy of Sony Picture Classics)
There was a time, in the mid-1990s, when Israeli dramatic films were crammed to the rafters with Tel Aviv loft-dwellers and their romantic mishaps. There was another time, soon after the outbreak of the second Palestinian intifada, when seemingly every Israeli film was a war epic, or a documentary about the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (Full article: 1174 words)
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