Spielberg: Sensitive to Mass Murderers
Charles Johnson
Tue Sep 6, 2005 at 8:06 am PDT • Views: 163
A terrorist mass murderer is whining that he’s afraid Steven Spielberg’s film about the Munich Olympics atrocity will portray him in a bad light.
Spielberg says not to worry; his film will be sensitive to all sides. (Hat tip: Ryan.)
Sensitive to the murderous savages of Black September?
GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics raid, in which 11 Israeli athletes died, said director Steven Spielberg should have consulted him about a new film on the episode to be sure to get the story right.
“I know nothing about this film. If someone really wanted to tell the truth about what happened he should talk to the people involved, people who know the truth,” Daoud told Reuters by telephone from an undisclosed location in the Middle East. …
[Spielberg] has vowed that “Munich” will be sensitive to all sides.
“Viewing Israel’s response to Munich through the eyes of the men who were sent to avenge that tragedy adds a human dimension to a horrific episode that we usually think about only in political or military terms,” Spielberg said in a statement.
An Israeli actress cast in the film confirmed press reports that it is based, at least partly, on “Vengeance,” a book on the reprisals campaign that has been widely discredited.
Frank says: