Kathryn Bigelow Wanted Authenticity

27 August 2009

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Kathryn Bigelow called upon the knowledge and experience of Iraq reporter Mark Boal to create authenticity in her new movie The Hurt Locker.

The movie is set during the conflict in the Middle East and follows a bomb disposal unit and has already been met with acclaim by the critics..

In an interview with The Guardian the filmmaker said: The idea was to make the movie as realistic and authentic as possible. We had the great benefit of Mark Boal's first-hand observation from his embed in Baghdad in 2004.

"Just a day in the life of a bomb tech in Baghad at that time is certainly inherently dramatic. These are men who arguably people who have the most dangerous job in the world. They're walking towards what you and I and perhaps the rest of the world would run from."

"What really attracted me was the psychology. These are men who, in America certainly, it's a volunteer military, so these are men who are there by choice.

"Yet it's an unimaginable courage that they must possess in order to do what they do on a daily basis, 10, 12, 15 times a day. At the same time they're saving lives, hundreds, maybe thousands of lives. So it's pretty admirable."

The Hurt Locker is released 28th August.

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