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Kathryn Bigelow Talks About 'The Hurt Locker'new

I'd call it an existential war movie, but the appeal of The Hurt Locker is more visceral than cerebral. After all, it's directed by the woman who made Point Break, perhaps the most shamelessly enjoyable action picture of the '90s, and in an odd way, The Hurt Locker could be regarded as a companion piece to that film.
SEE Magazine  |  Paul Matwychuk  |  07-31-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

Kathryn Bigelow Talks About Taking Risks in 'The Hurt Locker'new

Bigelow says the main idea was to simulate the "surprise and chaos and randomness" of combat. "I've never been in combat," she says. "I've never been in a war. But I think that chaos is probably pretty much unimaginable unless you've been there."
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Sam Adams  |  07-14-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

Has Kathryn Bigelow Made the 'Apocalypse Now' of Iraq?new

Although everyone makes a point of director Kathryn Bigelow's gender and height and good looks, what's germane is that even if she were short and had bushy eyebrows like Martin Scorsese, she still would be directing action pictures like no one since Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone. With her latest, The Hurt Locker, maybe she'll start getting the recognition she deserves.
Boston Phoenix  |  Peter Keough  |  07-09-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

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