Finally: An Upset!
“Waltz with Bashir” was widely expected to take the trophy for Best Foreign Language Film. So the win by “Departures,” from Japan, must be counted an upset. Perhaps “Bashir”‘s point of view wasn’t pro-Israel enough?
“Waltz with Bashir” was widely expected to take the trophy for Best Foreign Language Film. So the win by “Departures,” from Japan, must be counted an upset. Perhaps “Bashir”‘s point of view wasn’t pro-Israel enough?
Exactly. Many people went to see Bashir expecting a gung-ho Israeli flick and walked out of the theater stunned at the truth of what happened to the Palestinians in ’82. An anti-war film about Israel’s actions made by an Israeli. L’chaim!