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To Avenge or Not To Avenge - By Jeffrey Chen Set against the volatile Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Steven Spielberg's Munich is a lament for the inevitability and futility of the cycle of revenge. Beginning with a famous tragic event -- the kidnapping and eventual murders of the Israeli athletes by Palestinian... MORE >>
The Wisdom of Revenge - By John P. McCarthy In the absorbing yet politically and cinematically safe Munich, Steven Spielberg mulls Israel's response to the murders of eleven athletes by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He presents a mature, balanced examination of the wisdom of an-eye-for-an-eye,... MORE >>
A Different Side of the Story - By Geoffrey D. Roberts In Munich, a group of athletes participating in the 1972 Munich Olympics walk to their dorms following an evening of drinking. They find it peculiar that several people are now standing in darkness in front of the iron gate leading to the athletes' living... MORE >>