I went to see Munich this weekend with Citizen Bob and gooftroopag. We all agreed that it was not the sort of movie that one enjoys, no matter how well-made one happens to think it is…like watching a train wreck in slow motion. We left the theater feeling better informed about the current situation in the Middle East, but thoroughly depressed.
At any rate, as the movie progresses, it keeps flashing back to the horriffic unfolding of events leading up to the deaths of the Israli athletes and their kidnappers. As I watched, I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me because I kept seeing (or thinking I was seeing) Eric Bana’s character in the middle of the action. This is confirmed by the sequence near the end of the film, where you see Avner actually appearing as one of the terrorists, the one who executes the hostages when the German commandos attempt to mount a rescue operation.
As this scene plays out it is intercut with Avner making love to his wife. I interpreted this to mean that he is so haunted by what he has been doing that he can no longer see any difference between himself and those whose actions he initially found so horrifying. That the guilt and torment have even made it impossible to enjoy something so basic and primal as sharing the act of love with his wife. That he is very close to being a broken man.
Now my question is this. Was I imagining it, or in the series of pseudo flashbacks (they can’t be real flashbacks, as Avner was not actually present), did Avner also appear as one of the kidnapped athletes? I know I’m asking about a two second shot in a three hour movie, but did anybody else catch this?