In Reply to: The director is a well-known propagandist and not so hot a storyteller either. nt posted by clarkjohnsen on January 30, 2006 at 16:40:02:
Propaganda == The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.I don't see Spielberg taking a side in this film. Palestinians killed innocents period and no amount of rationalization justifies Munich. Isreal took revenge which feeds the cycle of violence -- Spielberg has no Pro-Revenge stance - though some of his Israeli assisins want and gleefully look for blood. Spielberg has several characters here -- some who qyuestion the morality of revenge others who are following orders. Spielberg is well tempered and reigned in here and is one of the least Spielbergian films I have ever seen.
Not wanting to kill kids is being human and even assassins are still human.
Spielberg gets blasted for being a sentimentalist because he likes to see optimistim in life - then when he makes a film that has no optimism and is bleak he gets blasted for propaganda? What exactly is Spielberg preaching.
Following this Palestine has "voted for" democratically no less a political party that wants to commit genocide on all Jews everywhere. Gee and people wonder why Isreal a country of ~6 million is paranoid when they're surrounded by several countries of over 400 million who want nothing but the total extermination of every last one of them!
It's too bad because as usual it's argument over religion (an idiotic belief in fairy tales) that has them all killing each other over "God's will"
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Follow Ups
- Please explain... - RGA 22:36:14 01/30/06 (10)
- On Extermination. - AudioHead 11:25:30 01/31/06 (2)
- A wonderful quote worth remembering. - Victor Khomenko 11:42:54 01/31/06 (1)
- You're More Than Welcome, VK. nt - AudioHead 15:23:29 01/31/06 (0)
- "Surrounded by... over 400 million who want nothing but the total extermination of every last one of them!" Hmm... - clarkjohnsen 10:42:56 01/31/06 (0)
- Palestinian election result - dave c 22:40:41 01/30/06 (5)
- It is not often that I call someone a moron... - Victor Khomenko 07:20:16 01/31/06 (1)
- since you are determined to drag the discussion away from the film... - dave c 18:13:13 01/31/06 (0)
- Re: Well this is the wrong Forum----- - patrickU 04:11:46 01/31/06 (2)
- Re: Cantonot.-----nt---------- - patrickU 07:15:41 01/31/06 (0)
- Can to! nt - tinear 06:34:21 01/31/06 (0)