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Kathryn Bigelow addresses 'Zero Dark Thirty' torture criticism

( Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times / January 18, 2013 )

"Zero Dark Thirty" director Kathryn Bigelow, in a letter published this week in The Times, answered criticism of the film's depiction of torture. "Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author could write about them, and no filmmaker could delve into the thorny subjects of our time."

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