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That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best- make it
all up- but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way
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The story of Folman and
his peers’ experiences in the Lebanon War, highlight humans’ ability to
reconstruct traumatic memories, as well as the alternative, which is the forced
suppression of memory
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“Waltz with Bashir” highlights how easily parts of memory can be altered or
reconstructed, but it can still be centred around elements of the truth
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” The aforementioned quote provides logical reasoning for
what is seen in the film
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” Therefore, it can be said that the
imagination can play a large role in reconstructing the past within one’s
memory
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On many accounts in the
film this theme of fabricating memory is explored, but the most evident
example is that of the fairground analogy that Ari is told when he meets with
Ori
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The basic theory behind the analogy is
that at first people would not be able to recognise themselves in this scenario,
yet when they are told that they were present, their imagination begins to
feign memory
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This is because there is barely any interaction between the men and
the children in the scene, posing the question that since this film is based off
true events, were these details just a product of Folman’s memory in trying to

fill in the missing gaps
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During his time in the war he was seen to
experience all the trauma through the perspective of his camera, which acted
as a buffer to the gruesomeness of the scenes he witnessed
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This
metaphor of looking at the war through his camera lens shows how he, like
many others, was able to consciously alter his own memory of a traumatic
experience
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This point links to Hemingway’s statement, which too
describes peoples’ innate will to reconstruct, or in this case suppress, their
memories in a hope that this may alter the disappointing truths of their
situation
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The critic Dare Dan has,
therefore, stated that “Folman’s strategy was to flee into amnesia”, as
opposed to confronting his emotions
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Ari has a distant
facial expression, closed off body language and a dismissive tone of voice in
this scene, even though he is in the company of friend in a bar, which is a
setting that should be comforting and familiar to him
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There is a scene later when
Ari confronts Carmi about the massacre he thinks they experienced together,
where Carmi is obviously in denial about his own involvement
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This implies that
people have the ability to change their memories or suppress them at will, but
their emotions regarding these memories often govern these changes
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This is clearly shown in the opening scene of
the film, where Boaz has a nightmare that greatly resembles his past
experiences
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It is undeniable that the fear Boaz experiences in this recurring
dream will have a lasting effect on his memory of the experiences it is based
on
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On the other hand, this
point can be seen to reinforce positive emotions in times of need
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He then
remembers a heartfelt moment that he shared with his mother
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This is because in this moment
he is trying to subconsciously give himself the maximum level of comfort from
this single memory
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In
this scene the sea is seen to be turbulent, which mirrors the anxiety Carmi is
feeling at that time
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The diegetic
sound of the woman slowly swimming to him is lulling and his calmed
expression as he is taken into her arms, also shows how comforted he feels
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The film “Waltz with Bashir” mainly discusses how memory can be changed
from the truth, if one chooses to do so
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Memories, however, can also be seen to be subconsciously altered, as a
result of a strong emotion that is associated with an event that the memory
may stem from

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