Zero Dark Thirty
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Country: USA
Aus Rating: MA15+
Running Time: 157mins
Sometimes it can feel as if we have already seen a film before we actually sit down and watch it. A lot of the more politically-minded viewers will already have opinions on the American military’s methods in hunting down Osama Bin Laden and the rhetoric around Zero Dark Thirty, the first film from Kathryn Bigelow since she made history at the Academy Awards with The Hurt Locker, would imply it’s a hostile one. The debate as to whether portraying horrific acts, specifically torture, is classed as endorsing it has somehow taken wind and become the lead talking point (especially odd since surely nobody would suggest Argo endorses military coups, or that Django Unchained endorses violent revenge, no matter how racist the person may be), and it has distracted many from discussing the film on any other level.
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