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| Enhanced Interrogation scenes in 'Zero Dark Thirty' dim director's Oscar chances? |
| 2013-01-15 |
| So why did the director of the critically acclaimed film -- it earned an impressive 92 percent rating on film critics aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes -- get left out at the Academy Awards? Some say it is because Bigelow incorporated controversial scenes of enhanced interrogation. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) member David Clennon, an actor best known for his portrayal of Miles Drentel in the ABC series "thirtysomething," a role he reprised on "Once and Again," wrote an op-ed on the Truth-Out.org website announcing his intention not to vote for the film in any Academy Awards category. "Everyone who contributes skill and energy to a motion picture -- including actors -- shares responsibility for the impressions the picture makes and the ideas it expresses," he said. "There's plenty of 'Oscar buzz' around 'Zero Dark Thirty.' Several associations of film critics have awarded it their highest honors. I have watched the film (2 hours, 37 minutes). Torture is an appalling crime under any circumstances. 'Zero' never acknowledges that torture is immoral and criminal." When is the last time Quintin Tarantino or any other Hollywood puck acknowledged gratuitous killing was immoral and criminal? That's different, different you see: that's just about separating people from their money. Entirely different, no doubt about it... |
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