Product: One Day in September [VHS] (2006)
Rating: 5.0
The implications...the implications.
One of the great lines in Stanley Kramer's "Judgement at Nurenberg" was given to Burt Lancaster in his portrayal of Ernst Janning: "The implications...the implications." "One Day in September" is an amazing documentary rife with implications. Not only in the horrendous arc of world wide anti-semitism, and anti-Zionism, but also in who is implicated as a guilty party in the tragedy of the 1972 Olympics.The events of 1972 are far enough in the past that there are generations of young adults who would probably identify "Black September" as a rock&roll band. That means that though there are many of us who know the history full well, there are also many who will be riveted by a story well told with plot twists that should only be found in a mass market thriller. Twists that might be brilliant if they weren't sadly true. I'll give nothing away but to say the Germans, East/West/and United; and the Olympic Organizers played their roles as if Hitler won. And this stands true for the reminiscences of the German response team in 1999.If you are interested in the mind of terror, or the psychology of the Palistinian "struggle", or the survival of Israel, this is a must see motion picture. The footage is extraordinary, the editing masterful, the soundtrack perfect, the tone tense - even if you know the outcome, and the implications...