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1. www.slashfilm.com › 671508 › the-zero-dark-thirtyThe Zero Dark Thirty Controversy, Explained - /Film

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   Nov 28, 2021 · Kathryn Bigelow's film Zero Dark Thirty, which depicted the hunt for al-Qaeda's Osama bin Laden, became the center of a firestorm of controversy.

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2. archive.thinkprogress.org › zero-dark-thirty-and‘Zero Dark Thirty’ And The Emptiness Of The War On Terror

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   Jan 9, 2013 · It’s true that Zero Dark Thirty will be politically unsatisfying to observers who would have liked to see it thoroughly rebuke the idea that any instance or threat of torture ever produces...

3. www.newyorker.com › culture › richard-brodyThe Deceptive Emptiness of “Zero Dark Thirty” | The New Yorker

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   Dec 19, 2012 · Even the hostage-takers have their reasons. By contrast, “Zero Dark Thirty” offers no ideological context for Al Qaeda’s attacks—no statement of principles from jihadi sites, no religious...

4. variety.com › 2013 › filmA critical review of ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ - Variety

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   Feb 11, 2013 · In “Zero Dark Thirty,” directed by Kathryn Bigelow, many critics found the story behind the painstaking, decade-long search for the Al Qaeda leader to be captivating.

5. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsThe Elusive Enemy: Zero Dark Thirty and the American Worldview

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   This essay focusses on the example of the film Zero Dark Thirty to consider how the film re-presents the aporia of representation that structures the production of the war on terror as a field of perceptible reality and reflects the geopolitical priorities of an American worldview.

6. www.theatlantic.com › culture › archiveA Guide to the 'Zero Dark Thirty' Torture Debate

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   Dec 10, 2012 · Critic organizations from the New York Film Critics Circle to the Boston Society of Film Critics to the National Board of Review have all placed Zero Dark Thirty at the top of their...

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   Does 'Zero Dark Thirty' expose a gap between critics and political critics?

   • "The thriller Zero Dark Thirty exposed a wide gap between film critics and their counterparts in politics." Schlag, Gabi (2021). "Representing torture in Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Popular culture as a site of norm contestation". Media, War & Conflict. 14 (2): 174–190. doi: 10.1177/1750635219864023. S2CID 201386160.

   Zero Dark Thirty - Wikipedia

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   What is the plot of Zero Dark Thirty?

   • Zero Dark Thirty is about CIA operative Maya (Jessica Chastain), who is assigned to Pakistan to learn how to apply 'enhanced interrogation' (i.e., non-mutilation torture, e.g., waterboarding) in order to seek out information about al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (Ricky Sekhon). Maya becomes obsessed with the search.

   Zero Dark Thirty (2012) - FAQ - IMDb

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   Is 'Zero Dark Thirty' ambiguous?

   • The dogma of ambiguity infects much of the so-called art cinema, a talking-points cinema that passes for cinematic art, such as Michael Haneke’s films (including “Amour,” coming out December 25th) and Christian Petzold’s “Barbara” (coming out December 21st). “Zero Dark Thirty” is, however, a little bit different.

   The Deceptive Emptiness of “Zero Dark Thirty” - The New Yorker

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   What is the difference between 'the Hurt Locker' and 'Zero Dark Thirty'?

   • “The Hurt Locker” functioned at two levels—it depicted a mission that targeted the perpetrators of monstrous deeds but that had a terrible effect on the soldiers who took part in it; it was both ambiguous and not. “Zero Dark Thirty” is the same kind of film, but even more so.

   The Deceptive Emptiness of “Zero Dark Thirty” - The New Yorker

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8. www.jstor.org › stable › 26803457The Elusive Enemy: Zero Dark Thirty and the American Worldview

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   The Elusive Enemy: Zero Dark Thirty and the American Worldview. LIAM KENNEDY. As a new paradigm and frame for US geopolitical imperatives, the war on terror poses particular challenges of representation.