动画，一种造梦以及相对来说与现实疏离的形式，被导演用来讲述最残酷的人类事件——战争。始于一场梦境与对自己记忆的怀疑，福尔曼踏上了回忆之路。场景切换和各种音效的穿插几乎完美，令观众在轻松和绝望之中徘徊。突破了类别的限制，这部动画纪录片在最后突然切换到真实的战地影像令人猝不及防。像是福尔曼自己的记忆被唤起一般，原来真实，是这么残酷无情，而战争及其后果，作为拟象存在于这世上，比真实还要真实，比痛苦更痛苦。

The sad thing is, today our world is still not better when fools could be kings, and the loveless patriotic, patriarchal machine would keep running through the manipulation of power. When would be the end to wars? I guess the only answer is to teach people how to love.