MUST SEE: If Coppola, Spielberg and Hitchcock made a movie!
via hulu.com
I repeat: these are the first 7 minutes of a film that's directed by a vastly talented filmmaker who is definitely here to stay - Kathryn Bigelow. Mark my words.
The first 7 minutes alone shows masterful storytelling / character development with a keen eye for detail (reminds me of Paul Greengrass - who directed the Bourne series) and also of scenes from Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan". Given her artist background (San Francisco Art Institute) she also displays a beautiful sense of framing / composition as the culminating few seconds in this scene show.
But most importantly she displays a complete mastery of the audience's anticipation with each growing second in this intro. Wow! Just Wow!
