{"id":7966,"date":"2010-03-08T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T18:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=7966"},"modified":"2010-03-11T13:39:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T13:39:25","slug":"avatar-vs-the-hurt-locker-cameron-bigelow-in-one-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/03\/08\/avatar-vs-the-hurt-locker-cameron-bigelow-in-one-image\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oscars in one image"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If there is one image that sums up this year’s Oscar race, it is this hilarious shot of Avatar<\/a> director James Cameron<\/a><\/strong> and The Hurt Locker<\/a> director Kathryn Bigelow<\/a><\/strong> from last night’s ceremony.<\/p>\n

They were once married, but contrary to a lot of lazy media coverage in the build up to the awards, remain friends and even consult each other on their respective film projects.<\/p>\n

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Cameron urged his ex-wife to do The Hurt Locker after reading the script and even\u00a0screened Avatar for Bigelow several times<\/a> in post production to solicit her opinion on the sci-fi blockbuster.<\/p>\n

Also, both films were – in their different ways – about the Iraq War<\/a> as Cameron pointed out in an interview with CBS recently.<\/p>\n

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Someone has also done a nice Muckety map<\/a> of the connections between the two directors.<\/p>\n