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Munich Movie Themes

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Munich which came out in 2005 and was directed by Steven Spielberg is a historically inspired movie based on real life events. The movie begins with the historically accurate depiction of Black September, when on September 5th 1972 a group of palestinian terrorists attacked the German olympics kidnapping and murdering 11 israeli athletes. Black September was one of the first publically broadcast terrorist attacks and the movie utilizes real video broadcasts of the attack. It also emphasizes the themes of terrorism used to counteract terrorism, and the long lasting israeli and palestinians dispute.

Using terrorism to fight terrorism is a prominent theme in the movie Munich. After Black September Eric Bana who plays the main character Avner is …show more content…

The scene where Avner and his men are given a safe house, but are also placed with a group of palestinian men gives the viewer insight into how the Israelis and Palestinians truly feel about one another. Avner and the Palestinian man discuss their feelings of israel, the Palestinian man speaks of how one day the palestinians and all of the other arab nations will rise against israel and it will cease to exist. Avner refutes this by saying he cannot take back land that was never theirs, and that the rest of the world will see them as animals for the slaughtering of the jews. The palestinian man says he sounds like a jew sympathizer and that one day the rest of the world will see how the israelis were the one who turned them into animals. The dialogue in this scene is allows the viewer to grasp a better comprehension of the root of the dispute between these two nations and just how deep this divide is driven. It also highlights the feelings and viewpoints of both the israelis and palestinians giving the viewer a better understanding of the strong emotional ties that each party has to the land and of one

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