Director - Ari Folman
"We may forget the past, but the past won't forget us."
A film-maker searches for memories of his time
during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon in this animated story/documentary
by Ari Folman.
What better reason to watch World Cinema than to learn
something about other places on this Earth; of its people and its history? Unfortunately
this tale simply reaffirms what I already knew – that war anywhere and seen
from any angle will always be pure pointless misery. Folman, in trying to
understand why he can’t remember the things that happened, appears less
bothered by what he does eventually recall than by the fact that he lost them
in the first place. But is that an unfair thing to say? Everyone interviewed
and depicted in the film appears distant from what they did and saw – a kind of
psychological detachment – the brain putting up mental barriers as it were to
protect itself and with good reason.
I’m afraid there are no jokes with this review people, even
if the film does try and lift the mood occasionally with macabre mirth and
gallows humour. It would feel wrong to say I liked or even enjoyed this movie
but I can recommend it and value what I got from viewing it.
Lesson to be learned - War and its recurring atrocities has
to stop but at the same time must never be forgotten…
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