Ramstein von Kai Wessel - an important movie, even more so, since - interestingly - a huge Hollywood director happily jumps to make a huge movie about Munich, where Jewish athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists, in order to blame German authorities for how they handled the unexpected hostage situation, but no Hollywood director sees a need to make a movie about a huge disaster at a US Airbase in Germany where 70 people (12 children) died and more than 1000 people were (severely) injured and traumatized for years and years, the reasons for the extent being severe mistakes before the event (e.g. A criminally low safety distance to the audience) and concerning the US base's first response (a wrongfully application of the -in this case deadly inappropriate - scoop and run-technique, making an essential first care impossible). While US Americans (and the world) have never hesitated to (however justified) blame the Germans, the Germans were not allowed then to blame the US authorities for their shortcomings, and until now no guilt/responsibility has been admitted out of a sense of responsibility by anybody accountable - leaving the survivors (alone with their grief and losses and) to blame themselves for being so dumb and trusting that all necessary safety precautions have been taken by the ones in charge. An outrage in many respects. And Kai Wessel is telling this disaster and its effects incredibly objective,factual and fair, he is. Just saying.
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