Posted on 01/26/2006 7:29:12 PM PST by Cornpone
US director Steven Spielberg discusses his controversial new film "Munich," which deals with the aftermath of the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics. In an interview with DER SPIEGEL he talks about the moral aspects of dealing with terrorism and responds to critics who claim he's betrayed the Jewish people.
SPIEGEL: Mr. Spielberg, can you remember the hours of the Olympic massacre? Do you know where you were when you heard the terrible news?
Spielberg: Yes, I do. I was watching a "Wide World of Sports" live broadcast from Munich when the news suddenly flashed in, and the well-known sports commentator Jim McKay became a man for the hard facts of world politics. I was glued to the TV for the next few hours. I think it was then that I heard the words "terrorist" and "terrorism" for the first time - they hadn't been part of my vocabulary up to then.
SPIEGEL: Later, you were frequently approached with ideas for a "Munich" film. For a long time you couldn't warm to the material, and kept putting it off. Why?
Spielberg: I declined for several years because I didn't like the scripts and because I considered it too complex a problem. I discussed this film with all kinds of people who mean a lot to me, in the hope that they would talk me out of it, even my parents and my rabbi. But no-one would do me that favor. So my scriptwriter Tony Kushner and myself took on the project as seriously and politically unbiased, and as uncompromisingly as possible.
SPIEGEL: And do you regret it?
Spielberg: Not at all. I am now extremely happy that I had the courage to make "Munich".
(Excerpt) Read more at service.spiegel.de ...
Hmmmmmmmmm.
Please do.
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We all may die for Israel.
Look at the situation: Iran is rattling their nuclear sabre; Iraq is on the verge of a civil war; Afghan and Pakistani tribes are helping to hide bin Laden; al-Qaeda is stepping up attacks on Saudi Arabia; Arafat dies and Hamas assumes control of the Palestinian Authority; and Israel's Prime Minister is lying in a coma.
The area has always been a mess, but this powder keg looks like Armageddon ready to explode.
some Hamas members would die for Israel as well... in a certain way...
Dare ya!
First principles...Strike First!!
(waiting...)
(still waiting...)
I haven't seen it, but heard that the terrorists were portrayed sympathetically, and the Mossad agents who hunted them down were portrayed as terrorists. So, yeah, "politically unbiased" is one way of saying it.
Bill Clinton said so too.
'We all may die for Israel.'
As a person who is normally disliked by Jews on sight for my arian features, I say: BRING IT ON. It's a worthy cause. And if I die for supporting them, then I hope I'm buried upside down so the anti-semitic left can kiss my big fat white arian ass.
You may have forgotten the "double dog". Either way. Both sides have problems. We should support allies. We should not continue to support the problems on both sides.
"As a person who is normally disliked by Jews on sight for my arian features"
I think you need to see a shrink. I grew up with Jewish kids, and I wasn't disliked by any of them.
He was watching "Wide world of sports" and not the Olympics?" Tripe!
Sheesh. Jews hate northern European folk???
Whatta crock.
Good point.
I grew up with em too. Hell, I'm married to one.
The kids liked me too when I was a kid. Their parents, however, hated me and told their kids to stay away from me.
Give me a break with this 'I think you need to see a shrink' bullcrap. Shove that where the sun doesn't shine if you don't have anything useful to say.
People of all kinds discriminate. Myself included. However, I have been ostracized because of my VERY arian features. I'm sorry if that offends you, but it's the truth.
You've never learned to walk the walk "with your own jewish people/heritage", so quit with your phony pretenses.
It's hard enough to understand your motives for pandering to terrorists, but please quit with the playing dumb routine. You've been caught red handed (how's that for a play on words?).
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