I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.If you don't know of Kathryn Bigelow, then you totally should. She is a painter. She has works in MoMA's permanent collection. Oh, and she was the first woman in Oscar history to win Best Director for The Hurt Locker. Learn more about her bad self here.
-Kathryn Bigelow
Initial Reaction: I had seen The Hurt Locker the year it was released, and I remember thinking that it was easily one of my favorite war movies. I felt like I was on edge the entire film and didn't ever really get a rest. The aesthetic techniques she uses to portray war, violence, and death received some criticism, as some believed that she perhaps glamorized war by making some of the scenes too "beautiful." I personally don't agree, and while she does uses techniques that break the "realness" of war, I thought that the film was gritty, powerful, and sure to leave you breathless.
Haven't seen it? Find the summary here.
