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...Terror Olympics Your story on Steven Spielberg's new movie, Munich, described the film as "so sensitive it was kept under wraps" [Dec. 12]. What's so sensitive? The terrorist massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and Israel's response were credibly addressed in the 1986 movie Sword of Gideon. Still, I look forward to seeing Spielberg's moviemaking talents brought to bear on this story of terrorism and a nation's legitimate response. Sensitive or not, the movie?if it's good?will sell itself. Chris Krisinger Colonel, U.S.A.F. Burke, Virginia...
...Munich” over vacation.Of course I did. Around Christmastime, when the annoying jangle of holiday music is nearly inescapable and the goyim are busy decorating aromatic foliage, I’m camped out in the local movie theater. Plus, it was a Spielberg film. His movies, aside from the ones that suck, are always good. And it was about Israel, a personal favorite subject, and killing terrorists, another sweet topic. The story, as you probably know, revolves around the brutal massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in the titular city. The rest is an intriguing...
...exclusive report on Steven Spielberg's new film, Munich, generated some unease: Was the director granting too much humanity to the Palestinian terrorists who murdered 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics? But Spielberg fans eagerly anticipated the filmmaker's take on an emotionally charged subject Your cover story on Steven Spielberg's new movie, Munich, described the film as "so sensitive it was kept under wraps" [Dec. 12]. What's so sensitive? The terrorist massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and Israel's response were credibly addressed in the 1986 movie Sword of Gideon. Still...
...Spielberg said he and screenwriter Tony Kushner didn't "demonize" the terrorist characters in Munich, and he felt that "many of them [were] reasonable and civilized." If Spielberg were making a film about Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler and Adolf Eichmann--another gang that slaughtered Jews--would he portray them with the same degree of generosity and tolerance...
...TIME's interview with Spielberg, he said, "I cannot tell you how many people come over to me on the street and repeat almost verbatim the line the Martians say to Woody Allen in Stardust Memories: 'You know, we like your earlier, funnier films.'" It's no surprise that Spielberg quoted Allen; the two great filmmakers breathe the same ether. My living room is graced with two film posters, one for Spielberg's Schindler's List, the other for Allen's Shadows and Fog. I look at them to remind myself of the hope and magic that great directors...