‘Hurt Locker’ stole the night leaving all in the race behind at BAFTAs

Simply putting, the movie Hurt Locker, an intimate war drama, has clearly swept the stage of awards and appreciation at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award ceremony that took place today. Quite different from the expectation put forward by the Avatar Craze that has simply ruled the minds of all, Hurt Locker winning six prizes, encompassing the best picture award is simply an explanation of a fact that this movie has touched the heart and minds of all audiences profoundly and has left a mark, that is long lasting.

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‘The Hurt Locker’ bags immense appreciation and award at the PGA Awards

The Hurt Locker, a new entry of the suspense thriller genre, a film by Kathryn Bigelow has made the award season appear great for the movie as well as the maker. Bagging immense appreciation from audiences worldwide, the film has faced a very tough competition from Avatar, the present #2 in Hollywood movie history.

Getting a great clear sweep appreciation at the PGA Awards, The Hurt Locker has been selected as the best film of the year at the Critics award for best film, and has also earned a huge Oscar boost. A war drama, the movie is based on a bomb disposal unit at Baghdad and has simply made the director Kathryn overwhelmed with this wonderful and more than anticipated recognition this has earned worldwide.

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Kathryn Bigelow will direct Held by the Taliban

Who said that women aren’t good to let us a great impression when we are talking about directing, can take his words off, because Kathryn Bigelow proved the contrary with The Hurt Locker production.

Today, according to Production Weekly, she just signed to direct a new movie based on the series of David Rhode’s reporter of The New York Times articles, in which she talked about the 7 months and 10 days she was held captive in Taliban.

Rhodes was kidnapped in the summer of 2008, period in which he wrote a book about the south region of Afganistan. With other two afgan colleagues, he was taken into a tribal region of the Pakistan. Into an ending the three ones succeed to escape, and Rhodes published some articles about his experience there in The New York Times newspaper.

It seems that Bigelow put her hands on a pretty impressive drama, and, after the way in which she took care of The Hurt Locker, she has all chances to bring on big screens another thrilling movie.
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