Kathyrn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker,” a Playlist favorite) is across the pond this week doing press for the U.K. opening of ‘Locker’ and sat down with Digital Spy to discuss the movie and what’s next for her.
As we previously noted, Bigelow is teaming up once again with ‘Locker’ screenwriter Mark Boal for her next project “Triple Frontier” which Bigelow says, “Takes place in South America in a region called the Triple Frontier, it’s where Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil meet. It’s a fairly lawless area of America. Potentially a very rich environment for much drama.”
It hasn’t been 100% confirmed if she’ll direct the project herself, but it sounds like she’s definitely considering it, toying with the possibility of using the same raw and visceral visual style that she utilized in ‘Hurt Locker.’
“If it suits the material, yes. I quite like that style, I have to say, it allows for a kind of experiential filmmaking — it puts you there. I think that’s what film can do that no other medium can. Prose can be very reflective but film can create this pre-conscious physiological reaction to something…There’s something intriguing, if the story provides the opportunity, about parachuting the audience into a moment that he or she may not want to experience first hand.”
Again, there was speculation as to whether Bigelow was directing or simply executive producing ‘Frontier’ and based on this it sounds like she might direct, but it also sounds like it’s way too early to determine. We definitely liked what we saw with ‘Locker’ so more of the same could be great, but we appreciate that she isn’t set on using the same formula for new material that may not call for it. Either way, we’re anxious to see how ‘Frontier’ comes together for the reigning queen of action/adrenaline flicks. [Digital Spy]
