Final Paper Reblog
by maggiewong ~ December 10th, 2010. Filed under: Uncategorized.Instead of trying to write my paper on two texts that are hardly connected, I have decided to just change my topic. I am now going to use the films “Waltz with Bashir” and “Grave of the Fireflies” to analyze animation as a medium to depict war. More specifically, I am interested in examining if animation acts to filter out the reality of war. If so, why have the filmmakers choose to depict war in this way? War itself is a very real and gruesome experience, so why use animation (a medium that is generally used to defy reality) to relay the experience of war? Doesn’t the illustrated characters with their overly exaggerated features, the cartoon-looking settings and the unrealistic occurrences all take away from the authenticity of war experiences? So why not just make a regular movie with real actors? What qualities does animation offer? These are just some of the questions I hope to explore in my paper.
Grave of the Fireflies. Dir. Isao Takahata. Shinchosha Company, 1988. DVD.
Waltz with Bashir. Dir. Ari Folman. 2008. DVD.
The Fog of War. Dir. Errol Morris. Perf. Robert McNamara. Sony Pictures Classics, 2003. 08 May 2009. Web. 05 Dec. 2010. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfPwR00HXM0>.
Napier, Susan J. “Vol. 149, No. 1 (Mar., 2005), Pp. 72-79.” The Problem of Existence in Japanese Animation Mar. 2005: 72-79. JSTOR. Web. 05 Dec. 2010.
December 14th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
I like this topic because the question being asked is something that is really “in your face” yet, like you said, can easily be skipped because of the animation medium. Art can be seen as a form of expression, so it is quite possible that the filmmakers each had their own personal reason as to why they chose to pick animation as their medium, as Ari Folman did when he chose his transition at the end of his film.
Another thing to think about is the possibility that animation is used on purpose to give the viewer a sense of ease while watching the movie. It can be argued that in order to fully know war, you have to be a participant in it. The animation could be being used as a way to relate to a civilian that has not been in war, or as a choice by the director to recreate war. If the director has never truly been in war, it is possible that animation is the closest thing to reality.
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