[Micro Film Review] When I watched "The Hurt Locker" many years ago, I was shocked: a female director could actually shoot such a manly thing! Later, Kathryn Bigelow filmed "Drug Land" and "Hunting Bin Laden", which are still bloody.
It's "Detroit" now. Bigelow's perspective left the killing field and came to Detroit, where a racial riot occurred in 1967, to restore a real incident of police brutality and killing of innocent black people. There are many such films "based on true events". But few create the tension and breath-taking "presence" that Bigelow does. Especially in the first half of the film, the background of the riots is explained, the story is set up, and the multi-line narrative and macro vision are very atmospheric; during the process, you can't help but admire the female director's on-site scheduling ability.
Her past works are often only the protagonist, and "Detroit" does not have an absolute first protagonist, and many characters in the two opposing camps of police and black are very vivid. The most impressive one is the abusive white police officer (picture 1), and I would not be exaggerating to say that he can be nominated for a male supporting role.
Also appreciate the use of music. Compared with Spike Lee's "The Black Party" criticized in the previous paragraph, Bigelow's use of black spiritual songs and gospel can be said to be deeply embedded in the spiritual world of the story and characters, complementing each other.
Speaking of a big woman like Bigelow, it's no wonder that she couldn't spend the rest of her life with James Cameron. In contrast, Cameron is too romantic and feminine.
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