| I loved Waltz with Bashir. It felt like one of the few films that looked at the real side of war, the shallow, inexperienced youth, the cigarettes, the lostness. And yet Levy is on to something. The artist must be free and not become a politician, and Forman had a monumental task to wade into these waters and still be true to himself. Perhaps we could say that Forman would not disagree with Levy in his perceptions, though he would have to object to the anger, and Levy too is guilty of righteousness. War and righteousness do not belong in the same room. I interpreted the connection of the holocaust with Forman`s allowing of the massacre, as adding another layer to the pain, to the truth of what it is to be human, which is horribly imperfect. Levy is right in referencing the Israeli myth of the sensitive soldier, but I doubt Forman would disagree. Every war is fought altruistically on the surface - on both sides. |
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