It has come to feel as though the Israel-Hamas war is being fought on two fronts: In the Middle East, among countless suffering inhabitants, and in the West, through impassioned public perception.
“The Horror” is writer/director Dan Gordon’s effort to adjust the scales, by taking viewers back to the attack that sparked a battle with no end in sight.
Gordon (a former writer for the TV series “Highway to Heaven” and screenwriter for films like “Wyatt Earp” and “The Hurricane”) narrates much of this 51-minute film while standing in front of rubble, wearing a bulletproof press vest. Though he speaks with the assurance of a television host, his perspective is an undeniably subjective one: He spent his teen years in Israel and served as a member of the Israeli army.