Beirut Nostalgia
Haim Watzman Beirut is an evocative city even when you’ve only seen it in its worse moments. In yesterday’s New York Times, Roger Cohen waxes nostalgic about Beirut of a quarter-century ago, and in...
View ArticleAri Folman’s “Waltz with Bashir” (1) – A National Nightmare on Film
Haim Watzman Just after seeing Waltz With Bashir at the Semadar Cinema in the German Colony, Ilana and I ran into our 17-year old son, Niot, with two friends. They had been at the pool, at their...
View ArticleAri Folman’s “Waltz with Bashir” (2) — War Ethics in a War Zone (3)
Haim Watzman Waltz With Bashir directly addresses the philosophical question we’ve been discussing here. Ari Folman, the film’s director, served as an Israeli soldier on the perimeter of the Sabra and...
View ArticleAri Folman’s “Waltz with Bashir” (1) – A National Nightmare on Film
Haim Watzman Just after seeing Waltz With Bashir at the Semadar Cinema in the German Colony, Ilana and I ran into our 17-year old son, Niot, with two friends. They had been at the pool, at their...
View ArticleAri Folman’s “Waltz with Bashir” (2) — War Ethics in a War Zone (3)
Haim Watzman Waltz With Bashir directly addresses the philosophical question we’ve been discussing here. Ari Folman, the film’s director, served as an Israeli soldier on the perimeter of the Sabra and...
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