--- Golda Meir ( Former President of Israel )
26 Nov 2008 , Mumbai
The nation was in a state of shock on the terrorist attacks on Mumbai & the catastrophic consequences which it brought with its culmination.
I saw Munich just couple of days after this incident. The day I heard this I took a long walk , I had no closed ones as a casualty in that carnage. But still I had mixed feelings, it was not a state of sorrow but a state of anguish & despair.
Something must be done to stop these maniacs.
The movie MUNICH answered few of my questions !!
It depicts Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the massacre of Israeli athletes by Black September militant group during the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Well this is a Stephen Spielberg movie , maybe I should leave it just saying that its a Spielberg movie. The guy who gave us Jurassic Park , Schindler's List , ET etc considered one of the greatest director's of our times.
The movie's strength is the power packed , hard hitting & razor sharp screenplay of Tony Kushner & Eric Roth.
The scene where Eric Bana and his team decides to go to Beirut & slay the guys responsible for the Munich massacre on their own turf. They land via ship ,fix their disguise & pack their arms , kill the responsible & then just slip out of the place as they were never there. It makes us believe that culprits wherever they are hidden can be identified , located & hunted down if you have the political will & courage to do it.Whether it's a Dawood or Osama everyone can be traced. No one is invincible.
The movie not only depicts the Operation Black September & its aftermath but also raised serious moral dilemmas and question on the killings & fight for peace.
Spielberg ( himself a Jew ) has not been biased but even brought out the plight of the Palestinians in the scene where Ali asks Hafner the question that "How does it feel when you take away HOME from a person ? Where would he go & what would he do ? "
Though provoking yet compelling.
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Why So Special
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Sheer audacity of Golda Meir & Israelis to combat terrorism. Maybe its not the best way but they tried with sheer courage , honesty & conviction.
Maybe "An eye for an eye blinds the whole world !! " but for a second this seems to be the best we have.
MUNICH is a masterpiece from the house of Spielberg which brings out these emotions & moral dilemmas in a very beautiful manner.
Watch it out for the haunting music / OST of John Williams.
Munich
Director - Steven Spielberg
Screenplay - Tony Kushner & Eric Roth
Cast - Eric Bana , Daniel Craig , Geoffrey Rush
Music - John Williams
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