Munich

Saw Steven Spielberg's Munich last night. What struck me most was that it was not an "American" film. The excellent cast is international - no American heroes. In fact the only Americans in the film are CIA villains. It's shot in a variety of European cities ( I always like a bit of sight-seeing with my drama). There's a lot of tension, broken occasionally by a bit of subtle humour. In the end it turns out to be a strong indictment against violence as a means to settle the conflict in the middle east, The original title of the film was Vengeance after the George Jonas novel on which it's based so I thought it might be very pro-Israel but it was balanced.