Munich

written by Mike Rothschild

 

                                   JEFF
            So I went to "Munich" the other day.

                                   MIKE
            Just so we're clear, you mean "Munich" the movie, not Munich
            the city, right?

                                   JEFF
            Yeah, the movie. Did you think I meant the city?

                                   MIKE
            I just didn't want to get into a thing where you were talking
            about the city and I was talking about the movie or you were
            talking about the movie and I was talking about the city.

                                   JEFF
            I'm talking about the movie. Are you talking about the city?

                                   MIKE
            I'm not talking about either one. You're talking about the
            movie.

                                   JEFF
            Right. We can talk about the city, if you want.

                                   MIKE
            I've never been there.

                                   JEFF
            Neither have I. 

                                   MIKE
            Then how can we talk about it?

                                   JEFF
            I don't know, you're the one who brought it up.

                                   MIKE
            You brought up the movie and...ok, I'm stopping this right
            now. Tell me what you thought of "Munich."

                                   JEFF
            I just told you, I've never been there.

                                   MIKE
            THE MOVIE! "MUNICH" THE MOVIE!

                                   JEFF
            Oh, right. It was ok. Lots of violence, explosions, gun
            fights. A naked pregnant chick. That was kind of cool.

                                   MIKE
            That was the main character's wife.

                                   JEFF
            I wouldn't kick her out of bed. Not that I'd kick a pregnant
            woman, because she'd probably get really protective...

                                   MIKE
            Stop. So, overall, it's a good movie?

                                   JEFF
            Sure, except for the glaring historical inaccuracies. 

                                   MIKE
            That's a matter of debate. Some say the targets of the
            Israeli assassin team weren't involved in the Munich plot and
            the killings were basically done for the sake of vengeance. 

                                   JEFF
            I found an even bigger historical inaccuracy. The assassins
            didn't exist at all.

                                   MIKE
            Well, they are composite characters...

                                   JEFF
            Come on, Mike. Everyone knows Jews don't kill people. That
            was totally made up for the movie. 

                                   MIKE
            What are you talking about? Jews kill people! 

                                   JEFF
            Nope. Jews do not kill people.

                                   MIKE
            That's ridiculous. Israel has a massive army and one of the
            most feared special ops units in the world.

                                   JEFF
            Then why would they hire James Bond to kill the terrorists?

                                   MIKE
            Bond?

                                   JEFF
            James Bond! He was one of your so-called "Israeli hitmen."

                                   MIKE
            No, that's Daniel Craig, the actor playing the new James
            Bond. He's not really James Bond.

                                   JEFF
            Well yeah, he was undercover. He can't just go around telling
            people who he is. 007 doesn't do that kind of thing.

                                   MIKE
            007 isn't real. But the Israeli assassins were real. 

                                   JEFF
            Why don't we put that aside for the moment, since you're
            obviously having delusions.

                                   MIKE
            Obviously.

                                   JEFF
            Another huge inaccuracy was the Israeli leader.

                                   MIKE
            What about her?

                                   JEFF
            She was a woman!

                                   MIKE
            Yeah, Golda Meir. She was the Israeli Prime Minister.

                                   JEFF
            Come on, that's totally unbelievable. What nation would elect
            a woman as its leader? That's just absurd.

                                   MIKE
            I really like how in the space of three minutes, you've
            managed to insult Jews, pregnant women and women in general.
            By all means, keep going.

                                   JEFF
            I'm just trying to clear up the historical record. It's not
            like Spielberg's other movies aren't rife with inaccuracy.

                                   MIKE
            Like what?

                                   JEFF
            Ok, "War Of The Worlds?" Have you ever seen an alien tripod?
            I know I haven't. "AI?" Where's my robot? And in "The
            Terminal" Tom Hanks is from a country that doesn't even
            exist! How can someone be from a country that doesn't exist?

                                   MIKE
            Those movies are fiction! They never pretended to be based in
            fact! "Munich" is based on historical events, but with
            dramatic license. What's so hard to believe about that?

                                   JEFF
            There's no getting around the historically accepted fact that
            Jewish people don't kill people. You're Jewish, right?

                                   MIKE
            Yeah...

                                   JEFF
            Then kill me. 

                                   MIKE
            Gladly.

                                   Mike gets up, as if to kill Jeff.

                                   JEFF
            What are you doing?

                                   MIKE
            Killing you.

                                   JEFF
            I didn't really mean "kill me."

                                   MIKE
            No, no. You wanted me to kill you, so I'm going to kill you.
            I'm going to prove to you that Jews are just as capable of
            murder as anyone else by choking you to death!

                                   JEFF
            I thought Jews were a non-violent, logical people.

                                   MIKE
            No, you're thinking of Vulcans.

                                   JEFF
            And I suppose Jews aren't covered in fur and live on a planet
            of giant trees.

                                   MIKE
            Wookies.

                                   JEFF
            Man, I'm really confused. I need a vacation. Maybe I'll go to
            Munich. 

                                   BLACKOUT

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