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" The arresting image above, from the Israeli documentary Waltz with Bashir, is powerful mostly because of what it could have been -- a still of Israeli men recounting the 1982 Israeli-Lebanese war. That&amp;#039;s the problem with historical documentaries -- no matter how revealing the interviews, you&amp;#039;re too often looking at talking heads. So director Ari Folman first filmed his doc about the Sabra and Shatila massacre -- the slaughter of Palestinians by Lebanese Phalangist Christians that the Israeli army did nothing to stop -- in a traditional manner. He then had a team of animators bring the events to life, to devastating effect. It&amp;#039;s not a brand-new approach, but Waltz with Bashir, which received wild praise at the Toronto Film Festival, is by far the most sophisticated example. More documentaries should be done this way: The Ken Burns effect may suggest motion, but Ari Folman&amp;#039;s technique moves you. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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