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DVD of the
Week
Munich
THIS is one of Steven Spielberg’s finest moments: an important film that uses the story of the aftermath of the murders of athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics to tell the audience that violence solves nothing.
Starring Eric Bana as Avner, the Israeli secret agent assigned to hunt down and kill members of the Black September organisation who masterminded the terror attacks on Israeli athletes, it is a violent, often shocking and always moving consideration of how geo-politics affects individuals.
The futility of applying tit-for-tat methods is the real story here, and Spielberg turned his lens in this direction for a good reason. This is a thoughtful and ultimately disturbing look at Israel, Palestine and the painful road to peace.
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