Bigelow Answers Critics on Torture
In a piece she composed for the Los Angeles Times, Bigelow defended her use of the torture scenes in the film about the search for Osama bin Laden, saying, "Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement.". "Indeed, I'm very proud to be part of a Hollywood community that has made searing war films part of its cinematic tradition," she composed. "Clearly, none of those films would have been possible if directors from other eras had shied away from depicting the harsh realities of combat.". Ed Asner, Martin Sheen and various other Hollywood stars have waged an anti-Oscar campaign against "Zero Dark Thirty," to which Amy Pascal, the co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which introduced "Zero Dark Thirty," sharply reacted, "To punish an artist's right of expression is abhorrent.".
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| -0.0663576 | “Indeed, I’m very proud to be part of a Hollywood community that has made searing war films part of its cinematic tradition,” she wrote. “Clearly, none of those films would have been possible if directors from other eras had shied away from depicting the harsh realities of combat.” |
| -0.0767445 | “Bin Laden wasn’t defeated by superheroes zooming down from the sky; he was defeated by ordinary Americans who fought bravely even as they sometimes crossed moral lines, who labored greatly and intently, who gave all of themselves in both victory and defeat, in life and in death, for the defense of this nation,” she concluded. ... |
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| -0.182662 | Bigelow stated her personal belief on torture: “As a lifelong pacifist, I support all protests against the use of torture, and, quite simply, inhumane treatment of any kind.” |
| 0.0710779 | “As for what I personally believe, which has been the subject of inquiries, accusations and speculation, I think Osama bin Laden was found due to ingenious detective work,” Bigelow said. ... |
| -0.0247656 | “As for what I personally believe, which has been the subject of inquiries, accusations and speculation, I think Osama bin Laden was found due to ingenious detective work,” Bigelow said. “Torture was, however, as we all know, employed in the early years of the hunt. That doesn’t mean it was the key to finding Bin Laden. It means it is a part of the story we couldn’t ignore. War, obviously, isn’t pretty, and we were not interested in portraying this military action as free of moral consequences.” |
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Director Kathryn Bigelow is once again responding to the criticism leveled at her for the depiction of torture in her Oscar-nominated film, “Zero Dark Thirty.” In a piece she wrote for the Los Angeles Times, Bigelow defended her use of the torture scenes in the...
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