ZERO DARK THIRTY (2012)
Kathryn Bigelow’s procedural account of the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden was accused of endorsing torture before most people had seen it, and of being CIA propaganda before the credits rolled. Zero Dark Thirty is less a thriller than a moral endurance test – a cold, meticulous record of what a nation is willing to do in the dark, and what it tells itself in the morning.
With an introduction by documentary filmmaker Todd Sampson (Gruen, ABC).
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, US, 2012, 157 min, M
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, James Gandolfini
Image: courtesy of Icon Film Distribution
WITH INTRODUCTION BY
Todd Sampson
Todd Sampson is an adventurer and documentary filmmaker. He began his television career on the critically acclaimed ABC series Gruen, which remains as one of Australia’s most popular programs. He is the writer, producer, and host of several award-winning documentaries, including Redesign My Brain, Life on the Line and Mirror Mirror. His latest series for the ABC is Todd Sampson’s Why?. Todd has filmed in some of the world’s most extreme environments – from embedding with Iraqi snipers during the Battle of Mosul to covering the protests in Gaza. He’s trained with the French Foreign Legion in the Amazon and fought in an MMA cage in New Mexico. He’s also climbed to the top of Mount Everest, unguided.
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