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Kathryn Bigelow

4 titles · american genre

Bigelow shoots action close and physical. What interests her is the people who get hooked on it. A farm boy is pulled into a band of vampires roaming the highways in stolen cars in Near Dark. In Point Break the FBI hunts bank robbers who wear masks of former presidents. The Hurt Locker follows a bomb disposal sergeant in combat, and made her the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director.

Signature

  • An FBI agent working undercover among bank robbers (Point Break).
  • Genre hybrids: vampire western, surf heist.
  • Handheld, immersive combat photography.
  • A historical murder retraced in two timelines (The Weight of Water).
The Hurt Locker (2008) poster

The Hurt Locker

2008
Point Break (1991) poster

Point Break

1991
Near Dark (1987) poster

Near Dark

1987
The Weight of Water (2001) poster

The Weight of Water

2001

Influenced by The Night of the Hunter, The Shining, The Hunger, The Terminator, Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan.

Went on to influence Hot Fuzz, The Messenger, Lone Survivor, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, A Private War, The Voice of Hind Rajab.

Also on moral ambiguity, war trauma, organized crime, psychological horror, psychological unraveling.

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