hurt locker Archive

  • clash52

    Clash #52: Out Now

    Latest issue of life style mag Clash, out now.

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  • Marco Beltrami

    Clash #52

    What's going in Clash #52?

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  • blue-steel

    Kathryn Bigelow Studies

    The ever-excellent Film Studies for Free have helpfully gathered together recent academic literature on Kathryn Bigelow here, driven by The Hurt Locker. There’s a second link for Michel Gondry here, and a historical piece that’s passed me by previously, but will be helpful for anyone...

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  • Nic Chartier

    Indie Movie Financing Feature

    Just wrapping up a piece on indie film financing, features interviews with the people behind The Hurt Locker, Precious and the forthcoming The Whistleblower, in addition to historical perspective provided by the legendary Walter Murch, who talked to me about the many superb films that...

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  • Academy Award Winners

    Academy Award Winners

    What an amazing and surprising night. 6000 members of the Academy, I take everything back, it ain’t all about the Benjamins for y’all. The Hurt Locker deservedly swept the awards for best picture, best director, screenplay, editing, sound and sound mixing.  My interview with Kathryn...

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  • Paul Ottosson

    Paul Ottosson Interview

    Great interview with The Hurt Locker sound designer Paul Ottosson up at the ever-brilliant Making Of site, love that his BAFTA is up on the mantelpiece. Been back and forth with Paul a few times, but hoping to have my own interview with him up...

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  • The Hurt Locker

    Politics and The Hurt Locker.

    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,...

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  • BAFTA Winners 2010

    BAFTA Winners 2010

    Great that The Hurt Locker swept the BAFTAs, here’s the full list…my interviews with Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal here, interviews with Beckett (sound recordist), Beltrami (composer) and Ottosson (sound designer) to follow. Contacted Chris Innis (one of the two editors on the production), Paul...

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  • Academy Awards: Deconstructed Predictions [updated]

    Academy Awards: Deconstructed Predictions [updated]

    Here’s those predictions from 2 February after the nominations were, announced – the cooler is stacked, and the snacks are in…after spending a few more days with the sniper sequence as part of a long term research project, I’m hoping The Hurt Locker scoop some...

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  • Academy Award Nominations

    Academy Award Nominations

    Nominations are out. Marvin Hamlisch robbed for not including his brilliant score to The Informant! (Zimmer’s score for Sherlock Holmes in it’s place? Are you kidding me? Do the Academy have cloth ears?), a real shame, but pleased Marco Beltrami’s in there, and that The...

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