Kathryn Bigelow’s Bin Laden assassination film has been strategically positioned for next year’s Oscars — a slot, incidentally, that could help tilt some influence in the 2012 presidential elections.
When bin Laden was killed, Boal and Bigelow were well along on a project called Killing Bin Laden, about the so-far unsuccessful attempt to kill the mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks. It immediately became the hottest project in town, and Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Films banner agreed to fund the film. Buyers materialized during the Cannes Film Festival even as Boal was rewriting the script to reflect a most satisfying third act. Deadline broke news around that time that Sony signed on as distributor. They’ve kept details close to the vest even as thesps like Warrior’s Joel Edgerton were rumored to be taking part. (Deadline)
Vanity Fair asks, “Could Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama bin Laden Movie Be the 2012 Election’s October Surprise?”
In terms of publicity and rollout, Sony Pictures “is using a strategy similar to the one employed on The Social Network.” Let’s assume the film is a huge hit: Bigelow is not too far removed from her 2009 Oscar win, and interest in seeing the death of bin Laden is, as we know, appreciable. If the “Barack Obama” character is portrayed as a strong leader whose military savvy wrought great success and security, it could improve the president’s image among audience members. It might even convert some undecideds.
Some might say a voter who could be swayed by such October Surprise tactics has a fuzzy view of the political landscape. I’d argue that’s pretty obvious if it’s a voter who’s ‘undecided’ about handing over the country to reckless Tea Party panderers.
Does anyone know what happened last year to the British Government’s secret halting of the development of the film about the UK SAS’ attempted assassination of Osama bin Laden in Afghamistan 2005? The story was based on a book by a former MI6 officer.
Does anyone know what happened last year to the British Government’s secret halting of the development of the film about the UK SAS’ attempted assassination of Osama bin Laden in Afghamistan 2005? The story was based on a book by a former MI6 officer.
Paddy M, I couldn’t agree with you more on “Plus, I’m just so happy to see Kathryn Bigelow attaining A-list directorial status. It’s taken her so long, and it’s fantastic to see the movie world buzzing over a film by a female director, so long before it has even begun filming, particularly a director like Bigelow, whose career was considered on the slide.” She basically couldn’t get arrested before, and now articles are asking if she could influence the presidential election. Amazing! I love that she’s the belle of the ball.
Paddy M, I couldn’t agree with you more on “Plus, I’m just so happy to see Kathryn Bigelow attaining A-list directorial status. It’s taken her so long, and it’s fantastic to see the movie world buzzing over a film by a female director, so long before it has even begun filming, particularly a director like Bigelow, whose career was considered on the slide.” She basically couldn’t get arrested before, and now articles are asking if she could influence the presidential election. Amazing! I love that she’s the belle of the ball.
Ryan,
Delighted to see that the page is back to working order. I can read everything clearly now… although some of the political arguments printed here are not very clear!
Ryan,
Delighted to see that the page is back to working order. I can read everything clearly now… although some of the political arguments printed here are not very clear!
Ryan, must we really resort to stereotypes/insults in order to win an argument? The Tea Party at its base is far different from what it’s become a symbol of in the media landscape. It’s foolhardy for anyone to be married to their politicians. And just like Republicans would defend Bush no matter what, Democrats are defending Bush.2 no matter what. When will people wake up and realize both parties are essentially the same?
How is it a stereotype to say Tea Party representatives don’t even understand what the debt ceiling means? One of the Tea Party guys in Congress last week said he think we should LOWER the debt ceiling. That’s equivalent to phoning up MasterCard and telling them you’ve decided you don’t owe as much as you’ve spent. Phone up your credit card company and try that.
Michele Bachmann and every other Tea Party congressman voted for the Ryan Budget in April — a plan that would have added 6 trillion in debt. They don’t give a shit about that debt. But they loved the Ryan Plan because it would’ve protected the wealthy from tax increases and killed social programs.
(and yes, I’m still pissed that the name ‘Ryan’ was attached to such a disgrace.)
Republicans and Democrats are too much alike, I agree.
But Tea Party people are a loudmouthed miniscule minority of citizens yanking the leashes of 60 ignoramuses in Congress who are trying to drive us over the cliff. It’s not an insult to call somebody ignorant who thinks he can LOWER the debt ceiling with no taxes to pay down the balance. It’s a fact: he’s ignorant.
(Rep. Paul Broun, ignoramus. He never even heard of the debt ceiling before this year and he still doesn’t know what it is.)
Paul Ryan is a man of honor, someone who cares about the future of this country. The party you support does not understand the concept of long term thinking. You want to spend this country into oblivion. And then rebuild it into the Coercive Utopia the Left envisions.
“Paul Ryan is a man of honor”?
Oh man, I tried to resist, but no…
Any man who writes a bill to take billions from Medicare – billions the beneficiaries themselves will have to cough up to pay for their insurance in this future Paul Ryan so cares about – and then turns around in said bill to devote those Medicare “savings” to even more tax cuts for the rich and big corporations in this future that will so benefit us all, only adding to our deficits, by the way ….
No, that is not what I would call a man of honor.
And talking of long term thinking, it is the GOP that has spent this country into oblivion, what with two unfunded wars and the unfunded Medicare Prescription Drug Plan and oh yes, the financial collapse during W.’s presidency brought on by GOP deregulatory zeal. Clinton gave us a surplus. Obama inherited a country on the brink of a Great Depression. The stimulus saved a lot of people’s jobs, and gave others’ jobs (people like me by the way, in education), and yes, it added to the deficits, (but that’s what you gotta do in a recession) but not nearly as much as the continuation of the Bush tax cuts for the rich did, for which the GOP held the government hostage to extend. And now the GOP is pushing us into the brink of total economic ruin with their my-way-or-the-highway “debt ceiling, what me worry” mentality.
So just get off your high horse about understanding the concept of long term thinking. Unless you want to argue that the GOP always planned to push us into disaster with unsustainable spending starting in 2000, to “starve the beast” in order to destroy all social and economic progress of the 20th Century and return this country to the era of the Robber barons of the 19th century.
Because that kind of long term thinking within the GOP I might even believe happened. But no, it really only happened in the minds of the Koch Brothers and their ilk, of which people like you, Sam, are willful dupes.
thank you, dfa.
this:
and let’s not forget that the trillions spent on Bush’s wars didn’t just evaporate. Every billion dollars spent to blow the limbs off Iraqi children is another billion that went straight into pockets of war profiteers.
lest somebody that’s being overly dramatic 46% of the children around the world who’ve lost arms and legs in wars lost those limbs with weapons manufactured in the USA.
are there people in the health industry gaming the system with scams and waste. Yes, and we need to crack down on that.
Meanwhile, I have less problem with thieving healers than I do with thieving murderers.
Ryan, must we really resort to stereotypes/insults in order to win an argument? The Tea Party at its base is far different from what it’s become a symbol of in the media landscape. It’s foolhardy for anyone to be married to their politicians. And just like Republicans would defend Bush no matter what, Democrats are defending Bush.2 no matter what. When will people wake up and realize both parties are essentially the same?
How is it a stereotype to say Tea Party representatives don’t even understand what the debt ceiling means? One of the Tea Party guys in Congress last week said he think we should LOWER the debt ceiling. That’s equivalent to phoning up MasterCard and telling them you’ve decided you don’t owe as much as you’ve spent. Phone up your credit card company and try that.
Michele Bachmann and every other Tea Party congressman voted for the Ryan Budget in April — a plan that would have added 6 trillion in debt. They don’t give a shit about that debt. But they loved the Ryan Plan because it would’ve protected the wealthy from tax increases and killed social programs.
(and yes, I’m still pissed that the name ‘Ryan’ was attached to such a disgrace.)
Republicans and Democrats are too much alike, I agree.
But Tea Party people are a loudmouthed miniscule minority of citizens yanking the leashes of 60 ignoramuses in Congress who are trying to drive us over the cliff. It’s not an insult to call somebody ignorant who thinks he can LOWER the debt ceiling with no taxes to pay down the balance. It’s a fact: he’s ignorant.
(Rep. Paul Broun, ignoramus. He never even heard of the debt ceiling before this year and he still doesn’t know what it is.)
Paul Ryan is a man of honor, someone who cares about the future of this country. The party you support does not understand the concept of long term thinking. You want to spend this country into oblivion. And then rebuild it into the Coercive Utopia the Left envisions.
“Paul Ryan is a man of honor”?
Oh man, I tried to resist, but no…
Any man who writes a bill to take billions from Medicare – billions the beneficiaries themselves will have to cough up to pay for their insurance in this future Paul Ryan so cares about – and then turns around in said bill to devote those Medicare “savings” to even more tax cuts for the rich and big corporations in this future that will so benefit us all, only adding to our deficits, by the way ….
No, that is not what I would call a man of honor.
And talking of long term thinking, it is the GOP that has spent this country into oblivion, what with two unfunded wars and the unfunded Medicare Prescription Drug Plan and oh yes, the financial collapse during W.’s presidency brought on by GOP deregulatory zeal. Clinton gave us a surplus. Obama inherited a country on the brink of a Great Depression. The stimulus saved a lot of people’s jobs, and gave others’ jobs (people like me by the way, in education), and yes, it added to the deficits, (but that’s what you gotta do in a recession) but not nearly as much as the continuation of the Bush tax cuts for the rich did, for which the GOP held the government hostage to extend. And now the GOP is pushing us into the brink of total economic ruin with their my-way-or-the-highway “debt ceiling, what me worry” mentality.
So just get off your high horse about understanding the concept of long term thinking. Unless you want to argue that the GOP always planned to push us into disaster with unsustainable spending starting in 2000, to “starve the beast” in order to destroy all social and economic progress of the 20th Century and return this country to the era of the Robber barons of the 19th century.
Because that kind of long term thinking within the GOP I might even believe happened. But no, it really only happened in the minds of the Koch Brothers and their ilk, of which people like you, Sam, are willful dupes.
thank you, dfa.
this:
and let’s not forget that the trillions spent on Bush’s wars didn’t just evaporate. Every billion dollars spent to blow the limbs off Iraqi children is another billion that went straight into pockets of war profiteers.
lest somebody that’s being overly dramatic 46% of the children around the world who’ve lost arms and legs in wars lost those limbs with weapons manufactured in the USA.
are there people in the health industry gaming the system with scams and waste. Yes, and we need to crack down on that.
Meanwhile, I have less problem with thieving healers than I do with thieving murderers.
I just hope that it has some sort of a budget. I found that The Hurt Locker could have been a classic if had been polished with a slightly larger budget.
Well at least my comment was about a film.
I just hope that it has some sort of a budget. I found that The Hurt Locker could have been a classic if had been polished with a slightly larger budget.
Well at least my comment was about a film.
“. . . that could help tilt some influence in the 2012 presidential elections.”
Now if MILK would have done the same thing. . .
“. . . that could help tilt some influence in the 2012 presidential elections.”
Now if MILK would have done the same thing. . .
but… is this a fairy tale or science fiction?
I mean, the whole Bin Laden issue is SO ridiculous… the guy has been dead for years and Obama just told us “we killed him, won’t show any proof of it and you have to trust us”. And people did. Lol. Call me St. Thomas.
but… is this a fairy tale or science fiction?
I mean, the whole Bin Laden issue is SO ridiculous… the guy has been dead for years and Obama just told us “we killed him, won’t show any proof of it and you have to trust us”. And people did. Lol. Call me St. Thomas.
I CANT SEE THE LETTERS
Can you see them now??
I CANT SEE THE LETTERS
Can you see them now??
“Emotionally immature? Three of Anderson’s films have moved me immensely.”
Just how every other word is a cuss word, in his earlier films. I love Blood, Boogie Nights and Hard Eight, but the other two I can’t even watch anymore, they make me cringe
“Emotionally immature? Three of Anderson’s films have moved me immensely.”
Just how every other word is a cuss word, in his earlier films. I love Blood, Boogie Nights and Hard Eight, but the other two I can’t even watch anymore, they make me cringe
I forgot to mention….how are individuals involved with the Tea Party reckless? Do you, Ryan, even know what the Tea Party movement represents? I would love to read your “informed” analysis.
how are individuals involved with the Tea Party reckless? Do you, Ryan, even know what the Tea Party movement represents?
the question is does the Tea Party even understand what a ‘debt ceiling’ means, and the answer to that question is no.
So yes, it’s reckless to hand somebody the keys to your car if they don’t understand what a ‘gas pedal’ does.
I forgot to mention….how are individuals involved with the Tea Party reckless? Do you, Ryan, even know what the Tea Party movement represents? I would love to read your “informed” analysis.
how are individuals involved with the Tea Party reckless? Do you, Ryan, even know what the Tea Party movement represents?
the question is does the Tea Party even understand what a ‘debt ceiling’ means, and the answer to that question is no.
So yes, it’s reckless to hand somebody the keys to your car if they don’t understand what a ‘gas pedal’ does.
Hollywood does not tilt the direction of any Presidential election. It’s an absurd notion to even consider such a non-factor. Michael Moore released his documentary about a month before the 2004 election, and President Bush still won. Hollywood may influence several Coercive Utopians (many of which are grossly uninformed) during the election season, but most voters have their minds made up once the primaries are over.
A year and a half is a long time in politics. But at the rate Mr. President is going, he is NOT going to get reelected.
It’s an absurd notion to even consider such a non-factor. Michael Moore released his documentary about a month before the 2004 election, and President Bush still won.
It’s absurd to think movies don’t have any influence. I never said they are the deciding factor or can swing an election single-handedly. I specifically said “help” just as Michael Moore “helped.” It’s absurd to think Fahrenheit 9/11 didn’t motivate anyone to vote for Gore.
But stick with your absurd black-and-white all-or-nothing beliefs. It’s a simplistic dug-in right wing attitude that’s been serving the country so well this month.
Hollywood does not tilt the direction of any Presidential election. It’s an absurd notion to even consider such a non-factor. Michael Moore released his documentary about a month before the 2004 election, and President Bush still won. Hollywood may influence several Coercive Utopians (many of which are grossly uninformed) during the election season, but most voters have their minds made up once the primaries are over.
A year and a half is a long time in politics. But at the rate Mr. President is going, he is NOT going to get reelected.
It’s an absurd notion to even consider such a non-factor. Michael Moore released his documentary about a month before the 2004 election, and President Bush still won.
It’s absurd to think movies don’t have any influence. I never said they are the deciding factor or can swing an election single-handedly. I specifically said “help” just as Michael Moore “helped.” It’s absurd to think Fahrenheit 9/11 didn’t motivate anyone to vote for Gore.
But stick with your absurd black-and-white all-or-nothing beliefs. It’s a simplistic dug-in right wing attitude that’s been serving the country so well this month.
Emotionally immature? Three of Anderson’s films have moved me immensely. Bigalow is a brilliant filmmaker but I wouldn’t say her films are emotional in the traditional sense. The Hurt Locker is a white-knuckle war thriller with great acting. Beyond that I can’t really say it touches the soul like, say, Magnolia does.
Emotionally immature? Three of Anderson’s films have moved me immensely. Bigalow is a brilliant filmmaker but I wouldn’t say her films are emotional in the traditional sense. The Hurt Locker is a white-knuckle war thriller with great acting. Beyond that I can’t really say it touches the soul like, say, Magnolia does.
Anderson is good but his past work has proven to be emotionally immature. He was too desperate to be considered a ‘genius’.
Bigelew’s movie has no ego, it is all talent in service of the film. She totally deserved that oscar.
Anderson is good but his past work has proven to be emotionally immature. He was too desperate to be considered a ‘genius’.
Bigelew’s movie has no ego, it is all talent in service of the film. She totally deserved that oscar.
wow! so that link to your posting on “the master” is from 2010! that’s probably why i missed it or don’t remember it.
looks like its trucking along pretty well now with a fall/winter approx release date. PSH is still in the cast, but it now has Amy Adams (my favorite- along with Winslet and Michelle Williams) and Laura Dern (who i adore as well). Can’t Wait!
thanks again Ryan! Keep up the good work!
aha! Drake!
I didn’t even realize that was from 2010! Just had a vague recollection that I’d posted something about it at some point. We can search the posts on site by keyword, and I just looked for “Scientology” to find that item. Sure glad I didn’t decide to search for it manually, backtracking page by page, day by day.
Didn’t mean to devalue Paul Thomas Anderson’s importance in any way by trying to explain a simple rationale for things we decide to post. No secret that Awards Daily was cheerleader for The Hurt Locker, and we’ve spent many hours defending Kathryn Bigelow against detractors. We’re emotionally attached to it like few other films. So this story jumped out at me in ways that the ultra-secretive Anderson project has not yet grabbed me by the throat.
But There Will Be Blood was one of the very first of my “must have” Blu-rays and I’ve posted lots and lots of things about Anderson over the years. Deep respect and great admiration for the guy.
wow! so that link to your posting on “the master” is from 2010! that’s probably why i missed it or don’t remember it.
looks like its trucking along pretty well now with a fall/winter approx release date. PSH is still in the cast, but it now has Amy Adams (my favorite- along with Winslet and Michelle Williams) and Laura Dern (who i adore as well). Can’t Wait!
thanks again Ryan! Keep up the good work!
aha! Drake!
I didn’t even realize that was from 2010! Just had a vague recollection that I’d posted something about it at some point. We can search the posts on site by keyword, and I just looked for “Scientology” to find that item. Sure glad I didn’t decide to search for it manually, backtracking page by page, day by day.
Didn’t mean to devalue Paul Thomas Anderson’s importance in any way by trying to explain a simple rationale for things we decide to post. No secret that Awards Daily was cheerleader for The Hurt Locker, and we’ve spent many hours defending Kathryn Bigelow against detractors. We’re emotionally attached to it like few other films. So this story jumped out at me in ways that the ultra-secretive Anderson project has not yet grabbed me by the throat.
But There Will Be Blood was one of the very first of my “must have” Blu-rays and I’ve posted lots and lots of things about Anderson over the years. Deep respect and great admiration for the guy.
Thanks Ryan. i didn’t mean to sound unappreciative of what you guys do. Obviously i’ve i’m coming here every day you guys are doing a great job.
and you’re right… i totally missed your posting on “the master” this spring! my bad! but i’m glad i asked!
your comment “Kathryn Bigelow is a recent Oscar-winning director and Paul Thomas Anderson is not” makes me extremely worried though. You aren’t pretending Bigelow is anywhere in the realm of PT Anderson? Come on… I thought you and Sasha just wrote about Malick and Cronenberg and how we should pay at ention to them and praise them for being great artists even though their oscar chances are pretty much zero.
if i had to make a top 5 from a film form theory and artistic quality (not oscar quality) ranking of PT Anderson’s and Bigelow’s films it would go like this:
1. Magnolia
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Boogie Nights
4. Punch Drunk Love….
… 5. The Hurt Locker (which i really like, i hate it when comparisons like this to perhaps the greatest working director make it look like i don’t like a film)
Thanks Ryan. i didn’t mean to sound unappreciative of what you guys do. Obviously i’ve i’m coming here every day you guys are doing a great job.
and you’re right… i totally missed your posting on “the master” this spring! my bad! but i’m glad i asked!
your comment “Kathryn Bigelow is a recent Oscar-winning director and Paul Thomas Anderson is not” makes me extremely worried though. You aren’t pretending Bigelow is anywhere in the realm of PT Anderson? Come on… I thought you and Sasha just wrote about Malick and Cronenberg and how we should pay at ention to them and praise them for being great artists even though their oscar chances are pretty much zero.
if i had to make a top 5 from a film form theory and artistic quality (not oscar quality) ranking of PT Anderson’s and Bigelow’s films it would go like this:
1. Magnolia
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Boogie Nights
4. Punch Drunk Love….
… 5. The Hurt Locker (which i really like, i hate it when comparisons like this to perhaps the greatest working director make it look like i don’t like a film)
Can’t wait to see this! The Hurt Locker is one of my favorite movies of all time. I just watched it again last week and it holds up wonderfully!
Can’t wait to see this! The Hurt Locker is one of my favorite movies of all time. I just watched it again last week and it holds up wonderfully!
October 12 is my birthday. lol
October 12 is my birthday. lol
The Hurt Locker was a waste of time to watch and way overrated! Nothing about that movie impressed me. I think politics in the Oscars is annoying, and hate to see it keep going down that road. I strongly dislike Obama and there is no way in hell that this film will save his sorry ass! I hope it turns out awful, and stays out of the Oscar race next year!
The Hurt Locker was a waste of time to watch and way overrated! Nothing about that movie impressed me. I think politics in the Oscars is annoying, and hate to see it keep going down that road. I strongly dislike Obama and there is no way in hell that this film will save his sorry ass! I hope it turns out awful, and stays out of the Oscar race next year!
The movie will probably turn out great, but it’s somewhat delusional to suggest this will have any effect whatsoever on the presidential election. People have already forgotten about this story right now, much less over a year from now, and a movie won’t change that. Economic turmoil and plenty of political mistakes have made this bullpoint in history irrelevant as far as Obama’s chances are concerned.
The movie will probably turn out great, but it’s somewhat delusional to suggest this will have any effect whatsoever on the presidential election. People have already forgotten about this story right now, much less over a year from now, and a movie won’t change that. Economic turmoil and plenty of political mistakes have made this bullpoint in history irrelevant as far as Obama’s chances are concerned.
Because “The Master” don’t allow.
Because “The Master” don’t allow.
I’m with Nick. I’m rooting for this and really liked Bigelow’s hurt locker, but she has been around directing for 25 years and only has 2 archivable films (1987’s near dark the other). let’s calm down on her as some great auteur or top 50 current working directors. I’ m afraid this film could be a big disappointment.
also, how come we get updates on films like this but we don’t get updates like the casting or production progress of “the master” by PT anderson. I check AD every day so i doubt i missed this one. Here’s a film with perhaps the best current working director and we get nothing.
I’ll gather the facts for another post about The Master, drake. The random updates to casting haven’t felt like enough for a write-up alone, but all together the tidbits amount to more.
Kathryn Bigelow is a recent Oscar-winning director and Paul Thomas Anderson is not.
We haven’t been ignoring The Master. It got a post in March.
https://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/03/paul-thomas-anderson-phillip-seymour-hoffman-jeremy-renner-the-master/
I’m with Nick. I’m rooting for this and really liked Bigelow’s hurt locker, but she has been around directing for 25 years and only has 2 archivable films (1987’s near dark the other). let’s calm down on her as some great auteur or top 50 current working directors. I’ m afraid this film could be a big disappointment.
also, how come we get updates on films like this but we don’t get updates like the casting or production progress of “the master” by PT anderson. I check AD every day so i doubt i missed this one. Here’s a film with perhaps the best current working director and we get nothing.
I’ll gather the facts for another post about The Master, drake. The random updates to casting haven’t felt like enough for a write-up alone, but all together the tidbits amount to more.
Kathryn Bigelow is a recent Oscar-winning director and Paul Thomas Anderson is not.
We haven’t been ignoring The Master. It got a post in March.
https://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/03/paul-thomas-anderson-phillip-seymour-hoffman-jeremy-renner-the-master/
Thanks Ryan, and sorry if I sounded snooty!
ah, not at all, The Pope.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Sasha & I see the comments in another viewing panel and I hadn’t noticed how the embossed fonts online looked chewed up in the smaller size.
I don’t know how to adjust it myself, but left a note for Sasha to add to the list of tweaks that need further tweaking
Is it better now? I couldn’t see it in either of my browsers.
Thanks Ryan, and sorry if I sounded snooty!
ah, not at all, The Pope.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Sasha & I see the comments in another viewing panel and I hadn’t noticed how the embossed fonts online looked chewed up in the smaller size.
I don’t know how to adjust it myself, but left a note for Sasha to add to the list of tweaks that need further tweaking
Is it better now? I couldn’t see it in either of my browsers.
Any chance of sorting out the font situation on the LEAVE A REPLY section? Not the easiest to read since you a shadow has been placed on the lettering in the past few days.
Any chance of sorting out the font situation on the LEAVE A REPLY section? Not the easiest to read since you a shadow has been placed on the lettering in the past few days.
It’s a pretty savvy move, regardless. I just hope Bigelow comes through with a strong movie. Despite the power of “The Hurt Locker,” to say her record has been spotty is an understatement. I’m cheering for her to get another nomination out of this, and if she helps Barack win, then even better.
It’s a pretty savvy move, regardless. I just hope Bigelow comes through with a strong movie. Despite the power of “The Hurt Locker,” to say her record has been spotty is an understatement. I’m cheering for her to get another nomination out of this, and if she helps Barack win, then even better.
Much as I find it hard to get excited about this project, I have no doubts about the considerable talents of Kathryn and Mark. Plus, I’m just so happy to see Kathryn Bigelow attaining A-list directorial status. It’s taken her so long, and it’s fantastic to see the movie world buzzing over a film by a female director, so long before it has even begun filming, particularly a director like Bigelow, whose career was considered on the slide.
Much as I find it hard to get excited about this project, I have no doubts about the considerable talents of Kathryn and Mark. Plus, I’m just so happy to see Kathryn Bigelow attaining A-list directorial status. It’s taken her so long, and it’s fantastic to see the movie world buzzing over a film by a female director, so long before it has even begun filming, particularly a director like Bigelow, whose career was considered on the slide.