Movies: Ari Folman
The writer and director of "Waltz With Bashir," the animated Israeli war documentary, won a Golden Globe for best foreign-language film and is up for an Oscar in the same category. His picks:
My five most essential movies
1. "Amarcord" When I was a kid, my mother told my sisters and me that there were no superheroes except for Federico Fellini.
2. "Come and See" The best antiwar movie ever done, with no comparison. (Article continued below...)
3. "Stranger Than Paradise" After I saw it as a film student, I knew budget would never be an issue for me. Jim Jarmusch is the god of free spirit in filmmaking.
4. "Montenegro" I just love this Serbian film dearly.
5. "Brazil" I love everything Terry Gilliam represents as a filmmaker. And this film is Gilliam in every frame.
A classic film you never finished watching: "Bambi". My parents had to take me out of the theater and compensate me for a whole week: no school, no homework, nothing. My kids wonder why I refuse to let the DVD in the house.
A major movie you revisited with disappointment: "The Last Métro". It took me years to say it out loud: François Truffaut is overrated. Sorry. Sorry again.
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