Director Steven Spielberg has begun filming a story based on the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and the retaliation launched by Israel against the terrorists later on.
According to the NY Times: “The film, which is being written by the playwright Tony Kushner – it is his first feature screenplay – begins with the killing of 11 Israeli athletes in Munich. But it focuses on the Israeli retaliation: the assassinations, ordered by Prime Minister Golda Meir, of Palestinians identified by Israeli intelligence as terrorists, including some who were not directly implicated in the Olympic massacre. By highlighting such a morally vexing and endlessly debated chapter in Israeli history – one that introduced the still-controversial Israeli tactic now known as targeted killings – Mr. Spielberg could jeopardize his tremendous stature among Jews both in the United States and in Israel.”
Spielberg is once again doing something gutsy: he is taking a risk to produce something personal. It’s what separates a hack from an artist. While other successful men rehash the same product over and over again (such as Ralph Lauren), fearful of losing their audience and market, Spielberg is stepping into a political firestorm to make a story half the world will despise.
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