Tuesday 26 January 2010

Sub-Genres: Political Thriller- Munich

"Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by Black September militant group. The film stars Eric Bana and was co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg. It was written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth.

The film shows how a squad of assassins, led by former Mossad agent Avner (Eric Bana), track down and murder a list of Black September members thought to be responsible for the eleven Israeli athletes' murders. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture.

The second part of the movie, which depicts the Israeli government's response, has been debated a great deal by film critics and newspaper columnists. Spielberg refers to the film's second part as "historical fiction", saying it is inspired by the actual Israeli operations which are now known as Operation Wrath of God. The MPAA had rated this movie R for Strong Graphic Violence, Some Sexual Content, Nudity and Language."

This is wikipedias overview of the film Munich.

http://www.youtube.com./watch?v=NA1CMZALmPc

We analysed the first four minutes of this.

The music at the beginning sets an eerie atmosphere, making the audience feel tension. Some characters are foreign showing it is dealing with different races and cultures. The characters shown are clearly antagonists as they have guns. It is obviously a thriller as it has lots if dark colours. The antagonists are breaking into Olympic grounds which show that they are angry because of something to do with politics as that is what the Olympics is about. The film starts with them breaking the law by trespassing. The American Jocks are the innocent bystanders in the fact that they could have intentionally got involved in something violent and dangerous.

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