Munich (dis)connection

I went to watch the "Munich" film (by one Steven Spielberg, you may have heard of him...) last friday night, in a well-known cinema theatre in Lisbon. The picture is quite impressive despite being inspired by true facts and not a real story.

I also got disconnected throught the process. My cell phone was missing in action and I can't locate it ever since. Indidently, I had asked for some posters (after they're removed from the foyer walls) in that same place and was left empty-handed as the kids who work there distributed them amongst themselves, never caring for the reservations made (this is an unnoficial process, as the posters are property of the distribution company, who never claims them back). Talking to the theatre manager is pointless, as both of them are too young to look for a solution... and barely able to gather the appropriate words that mean "It's out of my control!".

So, my Ugly Duckling poster from "Chicken Little" and also the spectacular 15-foot high "Corpse Bride" poster got to some juvenile hands and its present whereabouts must be related to some flee market. I sincerely hope that my cell phone is not on the same path...

Well, back to "Munich"...

The main plot is centered on the Olympic Games murder of the israeli athletes inside the olympic village. What happened next ?... That's what this 120+ minute feature attempts to explore.

Basically, the question is answered in a well paced yet balanced rhythm. A team is gathered to revenge the israeli athletes and everyone turns from hunter in hunted, as it so often happens. One would say "all is well when it ends well" but this is definaltely not the case...

Nothing is left to chance. Even israeli Ayelet Zorer (pictured here) and canadian Marie-Josée Croze (pictured here and here also) provide the essential feminin touch, personifying the woman in her most/pivotal extreme positions... the mother and the killer, respectively.