Kathryn Bigelow Pens Op-Ed in Defense of "Zero Dark Thirty"

It ran in the LA Times today.

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Five Oscar nominations and countless accolades later, the backlash surrounding Zero Dark Thirty's inclusion of numerous torture scenes seems to be nowhere near stopping, event prompting a Senate investigation into the CIA agents who spoke with filmmakers prior to production. In response, the film's director Kathryn Bigelow penned an op-ed in the LA Times today in an effort to clear up some of the criticisms, namely the (unfounded) argument that the film promotes torture. 

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Bigelow went on to address the criticisms that the film insinuated torture of detainees in the former detention and interrogation program led to information about the location of Osama bin Laden.

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So, can we all stop talking about this now?

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[via LA Times]

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