Oscars 2013: 'Zero Dark Thirty' is undeserving victim of politics:
If you’re keeping score this Oscar season — and who isn’t? — chalk up this year’s nominations as a victory for the bullying power of the United States Senate and an undeserved loss for “Zero Dark Thirty” in general and director Kathryn Bigelow in particular.
“I thankfully want to say that I’m standing in a room of people who understand that depiction is not endorsement, and if it was, no artist could ever portray inhumane practices. No author could ever write about them and no filmmaker could ever delve into the knotty subjects of our time.”
- Kathryn Bigelow