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‘September 5’ Review: Nail-Biting Docudrama Chronicles ’72 Munich Olympic Massacre From ABC Control Booth POV – Venice Film Festival
A review of September 5, which retells the events of the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis from the point of view of the ABC crew that covered it.
Swiss-born director Tim Fehlbaum, working from a screenplay he wrote with German writer Moritz Binder, has delivered a unique kind of play-by-play scenario by chronicling this story from the point of view of those watching it unfold in front of a wall of TV monitors as they deal with their own horror at what is happening and must make key decisions on how to cover something where they have no idea of how it will end. Slowly dread rears its head as rumors of shots being fired start spreading and make their way to the German associate Marianne ( Leonie Benesch) who interprets what she is hearing to her colleagues including producer Geoffrey Mason ( John Magaro), who in no time finds himself thrust into taking charge of the coverage when it becomes clear there is a hostage takeover, and the Israeli team is the target. Tensions really start to boil as things become dire, but at every turn they find a way to get this on the air, even sending in equipment by disguising a staffer — fake credentials and all — in order to gain access inside the Olympic Village.
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