
My Palestinian friend/schoolmate in England at the time, Amar, spoke about the war atrocities that Ariel Sharon had committed (had been blind and deaf about) and how insane it was to appoint him as Israel's prime minister. That was early 2001. At the time I didn`t quite get it and knew nothing of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. I didn't know that Phalangists were Christians by label.
I suppose just as Satrapi did with hers, we are going to hear more of these personal accounts of war/terror horrors in the future, told in the form of animation. I yet await a Bosnian/Croatian, a Curdish and free to choose* African version of it. *sadly
Ultimately, it is history lesson through a middle-aged man's glasses. Yes, I know, my Mom has already criticised my concept of age groups when at 34 I simply called people her age "old". Let it suffice to say Ari Folman is around 46 now.
If you are fluent in Hungarian (that doesn't necessarily mean that you are a Hungarian, seeing what the average person in this country gets educated on), read the JP skinny. In case you are still wondering what I am talking about, it's Waltz with Bashir.
The rest I inserted from the official website of the movie.



My anticipation was to get a deeper glimpse into the "Russian soul" which I have been trying to dig into for 


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