Posts Tagged ‘ Taxi to the Dark Side ’

“Depiction is not Endorsement”: Representing Torture in Zero Dark Thirty

January 22, 2013
By
“Depiction is not Endorsement”: Representing Torture in <i>Zero Dark Thirty</i>

Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty has ignited a virtual powder keg of controversy regarding its depictions of the use of torture as a means of getting information during the ten-year hunt for Osama bin Laden. Despite complaints that it justifies the use and effectiveness of torture, the film cannot be dismissed so easily.
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Current Events, Film, Industry, Politics | 5 Comments »