A couple of great pieces on the politicisation of The Hurt Locker have surfaced post-BAFTA success. Vadim Rizov has a thoughtful piece at IFC.Com, and there’s an interesting response by Chuck Tryon here. There’s been quite a lot written about the film’s lack of politics, though this has muddled the lack of an explicit statement from Mark Boal on this, when I asked about he and Bigelow’s orientation, he plainly responded that everything you need to know is on the page, and on the screen. Looked pretty clear to me.
Politics and The Hurt Locker.
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Kingsley Marshall is an academic and journalist who lectures in film and contributes music and film criticism, features and reviews to Little White Lies, Shook and Big Screen magazines in the UK. He was appointed Technical Editor at Clash magazine in 2010, where he writes a technology and games column.