Munich

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2006)

Stephen Spielberg has been elevated from Master Craftsman to Artist with Munich. The movie looks at the hard truth. The post 1967 war Israeli occupation of the West Bank was mentioned in the movie several times as justification by the Palestinians for the Munich debacle. Just as the Munich attack begat the Mossad operation; the Israeli occupation of the West Bank begat the Munich slaughter. This point was illustrated in the final sex scene. The same passion that produces the violence is as strong and unstoppable as a sexual encounter and will beget children fighting for the same cause as their parents. The violence will beget violence. The Israeli government bundled past grievances in the revenge operation and lied to the Mossad operatives. When Eric Bana asked Geoffrey Rush for proof that the people on the list were involved in the planning of Munich, Geoffrey gives him proof of their past involvement in other tragedies. In real life, there was at least 1 instance of completely mistaken identity.