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Tasker, Yvonne and Atakav, Eylem 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5718-5614
(2010)
The Hurt Locker: Male Intimacy, Violence and The Iraq War Movie.
Sine, 1 (2).
Abstract
This essay explores The Hurt Locker in three contexts: as a war movie, particularly an Iraq war movie; in relation to themes of masculinity, male heroism and male intimacy; and as a Kathryn Bigelow film, taking account of the director’s association with action genres and The Hurt Locker’s critical and award success. These three critical frames overlap and inform each other. The article provides and analysis of the film’s visual style as well as the various reviews and commentaries that accompanied the film, both on its initial release and following its success in securing awards. While reviews and Bigelow herself may have foregrounded a war movie with a documentary aesthetic, The Hurt Locker is intensely melodramatic in its presentation of masculinity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | the hurt locker,kathryn bigelow,war movie,masculinity,male heroism,male intimacy,sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Film and Television Studies (former - to 2012) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art, Media and American Studies (former - to 2024) Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Political, Social and International Studies (former - to 2014) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Film, Television and Media |
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| Depositing User: | Philip Robinson |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2011 10:12 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2024 09:16 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/27741 |
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