THB #607: "September 5" Is For Real

Bloody Sunday, by Paul Greengrass, 2002 (written by Paul Greengrass)
No, by Pablo Larraín, 2012 (written by Pedro Peirano, Antonio Skármeta)
Argo, by Ben Affleck, 2012 (written by Chris Terrio, Tony Mendez, Joshuah Bearman)

These are the movies that kept floating through my mind as I watched Tim Fehlbaum’s new film, September 5.

Films that started or redefined careers of filmmakers who have helped define this last 20 years. Films that told the true story behind the legendary stories. Films that stuck.

If you are wondering who the hell Tim Fehlbaum, director of September 5, is, we are starting on the same page. He is a 42-year-old director of Swiss origin who made 2 other features before September 5, both sci-fi, both exec produced by big-budget producer/director Roland Emmerich, and neither ever released theatrically in the United States.

September 5 is not a sci-fi movie by any means. The opposite. Fehlbaum’s co-writers, Moritz Binder and Alex David, are minimally experienced and seem to…