Waltz with Bashir
(DVD)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.

Includes 4 previews of other motion pictures.

Special features: optional commentary with director Ari Folman; "Surreal soldiers : making Waltz with Bashir" featurette (12 min.); "Q & A with director Ari Folman" (10 min.); "Building the scenes - animatics" (17 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.)

Art director and illustrator, David Polonsky ; director of animation, Yoni Goodman ; editor, Nili Feller ; music, Max Richter.

Interviewees: Boaz Rein Buskila, Carmi Cna'an, Ori Sivan, Roni Dayag, Shmuel Frenkel, Dror Harazi, Ron Ben-Yishai, Prof. Zahava Solomon.

An animated motion picture based on events in the director's own life, involving his attempts to both remember and verify his wartime experiences. After not being able to recall the time he spent on an Israeli Army mission during the Lebanon War, Ari attempts to unravel the mystery by traveling around the world to interview old friends and comrades. As the pieces of the puzzle begin to come together, his memory begins to return in illustrations that are surreal. At the end of the animated film is a very short segment of the film that shows live footage of war casualties.

MPAA rating: R; for some disturbing images of atrocities, strong violence, brief nudity and a scene of graphic sexual content.

DVD, Region 1, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital.

In Hebrew or English with optional subtitles and optional subtitled commentary in English.

2008 Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film; Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film; Best Picture of the Year, National Society of Film Critics.