It’s pouring rain outside, and the three sharp raps on my front door announce that Academy Award nominee Josh Brolin has arrived for an interview, his hands hunched deep in his pockets and his hood pulled up over his baseball cap on a chilly Thursday afternoon.
Israeli director Ari Folman has two sides. There’s the calm, diplomatic one he presented in an interview with Deborah Solomon in The New York Times, when she suggested that the recent Gaza war lends added relevance to his war film, “Waltz With Bashir,” which has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Folman’s response: “It will always be up to date because something will always happen again.”
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