Will This Movie Ever Be Made?

Several years ago a friend of mine who is a screenwriter told me a chilling story about Saddam Hussein involving a meeting in which he gathered 1) his enemies and perceived enemies and 2) a videotape camera. As you can expect, the outcome is bloody. Newsweek magazine recounts the story in its latest issue.

In 1979, at the age of 42, he took the top job for himself and quickly moved to eliminate all opposition. At a Baath Party congress, he charged dozens of rivals with treason. One by one they were forced to leave the hall and face immediate execution. They screamed and shouted, pleaded and cried. Slightly bored, he sat behind a desk on the stage sipping a glass of water and smoking Cuban cigars. Then he had a video of the meeting distributed throughout the Arab world to show what happened to anyone who might even think about challenging his rule.

Question: Do you think Hollywood will make a gangster-style story based on the life of Saddam Hussein. Would Martin Scorecese direct such a movie?

It'd be chilling. But is it too soon, and would it be wrong?