Spielberg is no friend of Israel

ynetnews ^ | Jack Engelhard

[EveningStar]

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[Tzimisce]

Saying what we already know is true:

Hollywood is far too open minded, tolerant and willing to look at every side to allow a conservative opinion in anything. Interesting how the people who live in the medium of freedom of speech deny it to everyone else.

[Termite_Commander]

However, a response to a response doesn’t really solve anything

The question mark now appears over my head.

[AmericanArchConservative]

Ping of interest

A.A.C.

[Sam Cree]

Spielberg has always been a leftist. But I hadn't known that he was also an apologist for Islamic terror. Bad news.

[EveningStar]

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[ScaniaBoy]

Spielberg has no such problems, first because he's Spielberg, and second, in the case of "Munich," he's produced a baby that Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Stone could love - and these people can do lunch in Hollywood any time they want, and maybe that's what it's all about.

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In Hollywood today, where David is Goliath and Goliath is David, you never want to be labeled a conservative or a fan of Israel. Hollywood is all about being trendy and Israel is not the trend.

Sad but true. On the other hand, the reverse side of the coin is the fact that those "stars" will have to pander to us. If we can't be bothered to pay to watch their movies, those lunches will be very frugal indeed.

[pcottraux]

He supported the war in Iraq.

I'm afraid I'm going to tend to disagree here (please don't flame me, everyone). We don't know for sure until the movie comes out, but I think it will take a serious look at terrorism and its causes, getting into the mindset without actually supporting it or being anti-Israel. But we'll see.

[Sabramerican]

Steven Spielberg has switched sides, from kosher ("Schindler's List")

Someone needs to explain to me the adoration of Schindler's List.

And how making that movie ever made Spielberg "Kosher".

[John Jorsett]

I wish people would go see the damned movie before deciding that they have a problem with it. This guy is relying on second-hand info, and that's a pretty dumb way to form an opinion about something as subjective as a movie.

[Criminal Number 18F]

If Jack Englehard is just figuring this out, the Hollywood is no friend of Israel, and neither is Spielberg, then I feel sorry for the guy.

A lot of Jews seem to believe that following either the social or religious aspects of their faith means laying your head upon the block for the barbarians to cut off. I dunno where this death-wish comes from. Can you see Moses worrying about Pharaoh's inner angst?

And... I dunno if Spielberg, who is uncommonly talented even measured against other talented artists, has pulled this off against usual experience... but movies about the inner angst and moral waffling of combatants usually are soporific. Cf. inter alia Oliver Stone's "Alexander the Gay," or the dreadful "The Thin Red Line," neither of which is capable of holding a normal person's interest.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Wake75]

There isn't much difference, according to Spielberg's telegram, between killers and avengers.

When it comes to Israel, many seem to confuse who started it and who will finish it.

[Paul_Denton]

Thats true. I am curious about it. You got it right. We dont know for fure until we see it.

[Sabramerican]

Review by someone who has seen the movie

"Don’t think for a minute that I’m saying this is a political movie. Munich is doggedly apolitical. Instead Tony Kushner’s script tries something that for Michael Moore would probably be unimaginable: it’s fair. Neither side is exactly squeaky clean, and whether their deeds are evil or not, often even the worst killers are motivated by the same things we all are. When under attack, they try to protect their wives and children. A dying assassin stops to say goodbye to her cat, before collapsing in a gut wrenching pool of blood. Some try to escape, some turn and sacrifice themselves to save their brethren. Every death in this movie hurts, not just the deaths of the good guys, but the apparently bad ones as well."


http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=1266

[Sabramerican]

If the death of the bad guys hurts the viewer then the good guys are in fact not good guys.

Moral equivalence.

Next a movie on how the 9/11 terrorist really suffered when the planes hit the buildings.

[Mr. Mojo]

would Leon Uris get "Exodus" to the screen in this climate?

I doubt he'd even be able to get it published.

[Sam Cree]

I'd like to find out that Spielberg does not believe in moral equivalency in the Middel East, and in fact I hadn't really been expecting to hear that he did. Let's hope the article is incorrect.

[EveningStar]

Wait-and-see is not a bad idea. ;)