Kathryn Bigelow

The Help, is a film that examines social issues of oppressed groups during the civil rights movement in the 1960’s. The film examines the relationship of the African American hired help to the middleclass white women. In this movie, there are many similarity and differences of themes between modern culture and that of the film. This paper attempts analyzes some of these major trends. One key similarity I observed was racial tension. The film portrayed an almost blind hatred from the white women…

The Help (2011), directed by Tate Taylor, is based on a novel by Kathryn Stockett (2009). Both the literary and cinematic versions had garnered considerable popularity and attention upon their release. The novel stayed on the New York Times Bestseller List for over 100 weeks, while the screen adaptation was the 13th top-grossing film of 2011. The Help was written with the intents to raise awareness toward racial segregation in the southern-set America in the 1960s. While receiving positive…

one may suggest The Help by Kathryn Stockett. It is a novel about a white woman in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, attempting to do something no one ever has before; write a novel about what it’s like for black women to work for white families. Although Stockett never meant for the words on the pages to be offensive, they did have a purpose. She used this novel to reflect her own life, and tunneled deep inside her creative mind to answer a few vague questions. Kathryn Stockett was born in Jackson,…

Gunnar B Closed Doors The phone rang in the next room, “Ring! Ring!” Samuel got up from his bed, slipped on his tattered slippers, his fuzzy robe, and walked to the kitchen. He picked up the phone to answer. He glanced at the caller ID. “Jan,” he whispered. He answered, “Hello.” “Hi, Samuel!,” yelled his sister Jan. “How are you doing?” answered Samuel. “I’m great! I was wondering if you wanted to come up to Ottawa this week.” “Yeah,” answered Samuel, “That would be great.” “Alright,”…

Author Kristine Kathryn Rusch has written many things, in many different pen names, some of which under her own; something that has led her to win quite a few awards for. She writes mainstream, romance (Kristine Grayson), science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction (one that includes a book about writing), and mystery (Kris Nelscott); which by the way, is just about every genre there is out there. Her husband, Dean Wesley Smith is also a writer, and together have written some things together that they…

And it is obvious that Bigelow and Boal knew what they were doing. Bigelow has directed many other successful war time stories like,”Zero Dark Thirty” and “Point Break.” And has been nominated for multiple prestigious film awards throughout her career. Journalist and writer Mark Boal was placed in Iraq in 2004 among other bomb squads which was how he came to the idea of “The Hurt Locker.” Like Bigelow, Boal has had a very successful career in the film industry…

A fictional adaptation of the CIA 's hunt for Osama bin Laden, the blockbuster film Zero Dark Thirty directed by Kathryn Bigelow presents us with a number of important ethical questions. Along with a parallel theme surrounding torture, seen in the film, as well as felt through the audience. Following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden becomes one of the most-wanted men on the planet. The worldwide manhunt for the terrorist leader occupies the resources and attention of two…

Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty, are James’s eyes and ears over an active bomb site; Sanborn being the squad leader develops high animosity towards Williams; through the duration of the movie, the tension between them is apparent. The director, Kathryn Bigelow, uses this tension to build on how some soldiers act during war time. Ebert’s review is an edgy…

Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 crime film ‘Point Break’ is a film that cleverly addresses the issues with toxic masculinity, new age masculinity and the effects these values land men in, when they allow themselves to be oppressed by the societal expectations that are attached to being a man. Whilst similarly questioning the values of what it means to be a woman. The opening sequence has a theme of running water which is frequently revisited within the film. When we first see Jonny, who is portrayed…

Eidos Interactive. The last film, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, was released in 2003 and starred Angelina Jolie as the title character. The Tracking Board seems to suggest that on this list of directors, the most successful name is Kathryn Bigelow, who most recently directed Zero Dark Thirty and received her first Academy Award for her 2008-directed war drama The Hurt Locker. The 2nd director rumored to be on this list is Catherine Hardwicke, who most recently directed…