The main character in Zero is Maya (played boldly by Jessica Chastain, a rising star who first gained acclaim in The Tree of Life), a CIA operative who is in many ways similar to the bomb-diffusing lead of The Hurt Locker. Once more, she hones in on a protagonist that the audience might be afraid to call a hero: an individual who pursues their goal single-mindedly, to the point of self-destruction. She deals with these issues again in Zero Dark Thirty. I'm trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to be a hero in the context of 21st-century combat." Speaking of The Hurt Locker, she stated, "War's dirty little secret is that some men love it. Praised for her gritty realism and unflinching take on the military and our American obsession with war, Bigelow seems to be developing a trademark kind of film. Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director, has not strayed far from the movie that earned her that accolade, 2008's Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker. For its first few seconds, Zero is a pictureless document of terror, and justified with the cry "I'm going to die, aren't I?" the film begins. No images are needed to remind audiences of the date they were recorded - September 11, 2001. Zero Dark Thirty starts chillingly with voices played over an empty frame.
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