
So there I was, seated in the middle of The Poly (local cinema) preparing to watch a film I had read briefly about, seen some pictures, not really knowing what I was going to get. But it started so intense and I was sucked in, the animation was beautiful, the score was amazing, why did I not like it? What bothered me?
The story, the Israeli war on Lebanon and Palestinian during the 80's, from a Israeli soldier's point of view, a war he had forgotten but remembered. There I was, in the middle of a war, a conflict, today. Never have I walked out of a cinema wanting to cry, wanting to go there, to do something for these people, knowing that I couldn't made me even more frustrated.
This conflict is very much alive, and I continue to get more interested, wishing for some sort of resolution, peace, justice. But justice to who? Me? I am not part of it, but still, I am very much, we all are. I would like for everyone reading this to see that film and experience the horror and the humanism of such a complex conflict.
www.apple.com/trailers/sony/waltzwithbashir/