“Inspired by real events”—Media (and) Memory in Steven Spielberg’s MUNICH (2005)

Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film Munich tells the story of an Israeli counter-terrorist team in the aftermath of the hijacking and massacre at the Olympic Games in 1972. The film spawned broad discussion about its historical accuracy and its political standpoint. While criticism primarily focused on the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas Nachreiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2016-02-01
Series:Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Media Studies
Online Access:http://imaginations.csj.ualberta.ca/?p=5875