Steven Spielberg is at it again. Not since "Saving Private Ryan" have we seen such a direct push for the Oscar throne from
the most famous director of our time. Also, as the most famous Jew in the world, he is also pushing for controversy - his latest film, "Munich," is about a group of Jewish assassins who scour the world killing those responsible for planning the 1972 Olympic Games massacre.
In a time of heated tension in the Middle East, "Munich" is a film that is either very timely or completely out-of-place. I, being one who likes to point out the fuzziness of the lines that we draw in this world, feel this is the perfect timing for such a movie, a film that explores the Israeli-Palestinian feud and that points out that neither side is right or wrong.
The movie starts out with the explosive events that perhaps didn''t start it all but that punctuate it, about the kidnapping of 11 Israeli athletes at the hands of several Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. All 11 athletes and most of their captors were killed in a botched rescue attempt.