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Oscar-nominated Munich Olympics drama September 5 is the wrong film for the moment
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Oscar-nominated Munich Olympics drama September 5 is the wrong film for the moment

Oscar-nominated Munich Olympics drama September 5 is the wrong film for the moment

Source: The Independent
Published: Feb, 06 2025 16:00

Tim Fehlbaum’s film, focussing on the live TV coverage of the deadly attacks, takes an infuriatingly context-light approach to its subject. When it comes to art, the word “apolitical” serves largely as a kind of grand delusion. You can’t simply shake the meaning and implication out of words and images like they’re a dusty, old carpet; and neither can people simply switch off morality and emotion, conscious or subconscious, like a button on a machine.

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