A Massacre in 3/4 Time. Waltz with Bashir is hallucinatory, relentless, and amazing. Waltz with Bashir explores nightmares of the Israeli-condoned, 1982 massacre of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Arguably the most unique film to come out of any global corner in 2008, filmmaker Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir can be defined, just on its surface, as a head-shaking fugue between social documentary and digitally animated epic. From the first haunting scene — a combat survivor's recurring nightmare of 26 barking dogs he was forced to shoot to keep an element of surprise — the movie grips you and won't let go. Folman cuts deep with images of his young self, of naked boys emerging from the sea to pull on uniforms, of a crazed soldier dancing with his rifle as he fires randomly at unseen snipers, and a final glimpse of devastating reality. Get ready to be knocked for a loop.