Author Archives: Mara L.

In his commentary on Waltz With Bashir, Ari Folman says that animated drawings are no less real than movie images with actors. Folman talks about his experience raising money for the film. He went to a festival in Canada where he pitched the project to people from the industry. Almost everyone said that he should [...]

I watched Waltz With Bashir all over again, with Ari Folman’s commentary. There are so many things in the movie that speak to me, I decided I would ask Jens to make this into a little series on Notes From Nowhere. Here’s one thing that interests me: the nature of flaws in art. In his [...]

Waltz With Bashir is an animated movie by Ari Folman. It reminds me: I spent my youth drawing animals. Waltz With Bashir starts with an incredible scene. Dogs that look like death are running through the streets and the movie says “death, death, death.” The dogs are orange and black and horrible and you know: [...]