Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Ann Bigelow is an American director, producer and writer. Her films include the vampire Western horror film Near Dark, the action crime film Point Break, the science fiction action thriller Strange Days, the mystery thriller The Weight of Water, the submarine thriller K-19: The Widowmaker, the war film The Hurt Locker, the action thriller war film Zero Dark Thirty, and the short film Last Days of Ivory. The Hurt Locker won the 2009 Academy Award for Best Picture and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth27 November 1951
CitySan Carlos, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.
I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.
The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.
I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.
One should make morals judgements for oneself.
I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.
One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War.
My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.
There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for that character.
My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have.
Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.
The urge to purge the material I come up with is, I guess, an ongoing process.