December 23, 2005
two notes on Munich
[for a more formal account of this film, please see here]
1) Sugarhigh does not find this movie to be remarkably "anguished," nor especially charged with "moral ambiguity," nor any of the similar claims. It's basically a movie designed to make murderous claims defensible by asserting that one already knows that they're murderous and destructive, and moreover that one mightily suffers the weight of this self-awareness: a proleptic strategy indistinguishable from calling women "bitches" ironically. It's hipster Zionism.
2) Imagine a movie that starts with verité sequences of the violent expropriation of Palestine, and then tracks a band of Palestinians as they seek retribution in increasingly violent ways; the film's last act of violence is the Munich Olympics. But the Palestinians feel bad and have trouble sleeping. Could this movie be made in America? Could it expect to recoup a nine-figure budget?
Posted by jane at December 23, 2005 12:54 PM | TrackBack