The Cinema of Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow has undoubtedly been one of Hollywoods most significant female players, well known in popular terms for films such as "Point Break" and "Blue Steel," yet relatively unexplored in academia. This collection explores how Bigelow can be seen to provide a point of intersection to a whole range of issues at the forefront of contemporary film studies and of the transformation of Hollywood into a post-classical cinema machine, with a particular emphasis on her most ambitious and controversial picture, "Strange Days."