Whether or not Kathryn Bigelow wins, or is nominated for that matter, for the Best Director Oscar this year, the helmer seems to have already laid the path for female comrades in making headway in the male-dominated world of directing.
Lone Scherfig – who some may argue warrants award-season recognition herself for her work on “An Education” – recently spoke highly of Bigelow and her groundbreaking success with “The Hurt Locker” to the L.A. Times (via HollywoodElsewhere).
“I think she’s admirable and it means a lot to me that she does that because it’s important that it’s not so much about gender as it is about storytelling.”
Scherfig then revealed plans to follow her compatriot and “break into action by doing a gangster movie,” a move not short of Bigelow’s venture into the genre of war films. Nothing more than a pipe-dream you might think? Not exactly, the director says that “it looks like it may happen.”
She further hints that the story may center on a middle aged man going through dramatic conflict which, as she notes, has been the leading character and issue in almost all her films. The equivalent character in her latest film, “An Education,” would of course be Peter Sarsgaard’s David.
“Exploring the criminal mind is truly interesting and something I haven’t done. I’m interested in someone more violent and more flawed.”
We’re assuming that the project will be another English-language project for Scherfig and can’t wait to see what comes of this gangster project. Where it lies in her schedule with regards to the rom-com “One Day” which she’s attached to direct though remains to be seen.
