There is only one sure way to time-travel. Watch documentaries of yore. Just before settling down for the weekend to watch Speilberg's Munich, I brought along this documentary from the library. I knew that after watching Munich I would want to learn more about the real story behind the Israeli Olympic athletes.I wasn't mistaken. This is definitely one to watch, especially if like most blog readers, you were too young to remember the actual incidents of 1972. Even if you do recall what you read at the time, this documentary covers the story from multiple points of view -- the Israelis, the PLO, some of the relatives of those lost, the US media, and even some the German policefolk invovled in the incident.
When seen through our post-Sep11 paranoic eyes, some of the mistakes of '72 seem astoundingly naive and dumb. But I guess we must remember that the world was indeed a gentler place at the time.
If a historical and 'true' portrayal of the Munich Olympics incident sounds interesting, don't miss this documentary. (This film won the Best Documentary academy award, and Michael Douglas provides some of the commentary.) Your library will most likely have a copy.
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