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 ...
I am having trouble believing him.
Okay, I see.
Thanks.
>"I Would Die For Israel"
What a phony leftist!
I'm sure he's afraid to die, but he wants American kids to die for him and his leftist zealous ilk. Usual leftist crap.
I believe this may be the case. I am born and bred New York City. I'm very surprised at the number of people that take offense at what I said. What I said was the honest truth.
My mother can (and will) tell you horrible stories about how children weren't allowed to play with me in my neighborhood.
I honestly didn't think it was such a big deal when I cited it. I cited it as something that would seemingly make most NYC people anti-semitic (many are...way too many). I never have been and never will be. My future children will be Jewish for God's sake! :)
looking back, I should have put a qualifier in there like so:
As a person who is normally disliked by SOME Jews on sight for my arian features
I did NOT mean to paint with that broad a brush and I apologize to anyone who thought that I did. Now that I realize the way I sounded, I see why people took it the way they did. Please know that I didn't mean it that way.
If it became necessary, I would be prepared to die for the USA and for Israel.
Liar
"I think it was then that I heard the words "terrorist" and "terrorism" for the first time..."
I'm younger that Steven Speilberg (though probably not by as much as I'd like) and even I became aware of terrorism before Munich. Did he forget, how could he? that RFK was killed by "a palestinian terrorist"? Sirhan Sirhan, may his name live in infamy, infamy.
""As a person who is normally disliked by Jews on sight for my arian features, I say: BRING IT ON. ""
Do you mean Arian as in, Blonde hair blue eyes? Because I'd say that I know allot of Jews with blue eyes. I don't know what you mean.
He didn't have sexual relations with that woman either.
His inability to tell the truth along with all that time kissing arafat's backside gives this used car salesman no credibility in anything he says.
Is anyone actually going to this movie?
""If you're disliked by Jews because of your appearance, you can be sure that these are liberal Ashkenazi Jews (of European descent).""
I want you to think about that very very carefully. "Of European descent"..... BECAUSE THE JEWS OF EUROPEAN DESCENT ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BLUE EYES TOO. Not all, but more than the sephardic. And whats wrong with being Ashkenazi Jewish anyway?
I know allot of Jews with blue eyes and light hair.
So do I.
Do you have a German last name or something then? Because for all anyone knows you could be Swedish. I don't get it.
Well, yes I do have a german last name. And eye color and hair color are only a small part of features. I ain't sweedish and everyone knows it. Read the rest of the thread and stop being a jackass.
xlnt
If it wasn't with more than two or three other fellows I know a lot of men that would fight for #2.
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