Updating Spielberg
Apparently one of the actors working on the new "Munich massacre" film has spoken about it in an interview excerpted in the Telegraph more forthrightly than anyone wanted him to do. And Dennis Ross has been troubleshooting ever since – hence the flurry of neutral and less than positive articles appearing about the film, even where such a reaction is surprising, like the NYTimes.Daniel Craig, one of the British stars of the film, said that the screenplay is a less-than-flattering portrayal of Israeli tactics. "It's about how vengeance doesn't fucking work - blood breeds blood."
Craig said that Spielberg, creator of the Shoah Holocaust Foundation, was "incredibly aware" of his background "and that's why he wants to get it right".
Of course, if Spielberg really wanted to get the story of the Israeli response to the Massacre right, he would be using real sources, not relying on a specious account of the event by someone only seeking publicity for himself.
[Spielberg's] spokesman Martin Levy said this week that the director had done comprehensive research and did not base himself only on Aviv.
"The content of the film has been taken from many sources. We expect it will be a balanced film," said the spokesman, who refused to divulge the identities of these sources because of a commitment to preserve their anonymity. However, sources in the production team admit in private conversations that most of the film script is based on Jonas' book.
Sources at the Prime Minister's Bureau, which supervises the Mossad, say that so far no requests for help for a film about the murder of the athletes at Munich and its aftermath have been received. Zvi Zamir [who was head of the Mossad during that period] reiterated this week to Haaretz that Yuval Aviv is not known to him and added that no one on Spielberg's behalf has contacted him with a request for information about the subject of the film. "If it is indeed true that Spielberg is basing his film on the book, I am surprised that a director like him has chosen, out of all the sources, to rely on this particular book."
[Hat tip on the Telegraph article: Captain Ed]
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