Kathryn Bigelow was excited by the 'urgency and timeliness' she felt when making Zero Dark Thirty.
The director helmed the movie, which tells the story of the ten-year hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden following the attack in New York City on September 11 2001. He was discovered and killed in Pakistan in May 2011.
The film is already doing big business with awards nominations, with Kathryn picking up a Golden Globe best director nod. She felt a great sense of duty when shooting the release.
'I think that was part of what was so exciting about it, too: there was a kind of urgency and a timeliness to it, that you're writing and then shooting so close to the event itself, and that sort of felt like it was unfolding before us,' she explained to buzzinefilm.com.
'Like when I was shooting the raid, for instance, there was one moment where I looked around us and it was May 1, 2012. And we all realised, both crew and cast, that it had only just been a year since this happened. So there was a kind of feeling of the story playing out in real-time.'
Although others might have shied away from the subject matter, Kathryn was excited to tell the story. She was also careful to ensure she was sensitive to those involved.
'Well, the challenge was an exciting challenge, and that was one of being responsible to the men and women on the ground inside the community, and also to make it as realistic as possible so you would actually feel that you in the audience were participating in this incredible journey and actually involved in the world's greatest manhunt,' she explained.
The director helmed the movie, which tells the story of the ten-year hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden following the attack in New York City on September 11 2001. He was discovered and killed in Pakistan in May 2011.
The film is already doing big business with awards nominations, with Kathryn picking up a Golden Globe best director nod. She felt a great sense of duty when shooting the release.
'I think that was part of what was so exciting about it, too: there was a kind of urgency and a timeliness to it, that you're writing and then shooting so close to the event itself, and that sort of felt like it was unfolding before us,' she explained to buzzinefilm.com.
'Like when I was shooting the raid, for instance, there was one moment where I looked around us and it was May 1, 2012. And we all realised, both crew and cast, that it had only just been a year since this happened. So there was a kind of feeling of the story playing out in real-time.'
Although others might have shied away from the subject matter, Kathryn was excited to tell the story. She was also careful to ensure she was sensitive to those involved.
'Well, the challenge was an exciting challenge, and that was one of being responsible to the men and women on the ground inside the community, and also to make it as realistic as possible so you would actually feel that you in the audience were participating in this incredible journey and actually involved in the world's greatest manhunt,' she explained.
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