Waltz with Bashir

Today in class we watched the feature animated film Waltz with Bashir. I really enjoyed the film, but I kept asking myself this one question. Why was it in animation? Couldn't it have been shot in live action? The whole film seemed like it could have been shot the same way in live action. Like we talk about in class, what makes animation unique is it's ability to morph and create scenes and shots that you are not able to create in live action. However, I feel like many of these shots could have been done in live action. Yes, there were some shots in the film that could not have been done in live action, such as the shot of the rocket rushing toward the tank, but shots like these can easily have been created in another way.
I guess you can say that making it in animation makes the film gives it a different aesthetic and actually makes the film more powerful. I remember talking to my friends after class and they said that seeing the real footage near the end of the film made was made more powerful because it was done in animation. But I'm still not entirely sure why the film was in animation. What are your thoughts?

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  1. UnknownOctober 17, 2018 at 5:20 PM

    Maybe the film was trying to achieve something that couldn't be achieved with live action. If it was live action I don't think I would have liked it as much.

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