Studying The Hurt Locker by Terence McSweeney

Author:Terence McSweeney [McSweeney, Terence]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781911325734
Goodreads: 54718902
Publisher: Auteur
Published: 2019-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

References

1.The description of Sanborn in the script does not entirely correspond to how the character comes across in the finished film which describes the character as ‘a type-A jock, high school football star, cocky, outgoing, ready with a smile and quick with a joke… or, if you prefer, a jab to the chin. Think Muhammad Ali with a rifle’ (Boal 2013: 2).

2.These descriptions do not end there: Markert said the film gives off ‘a strong documentary feel’ (2011: 244) and Polan that it uses ‘hand-held camera, extreme close-up, and a general jitteriness to suggest an in-your-face immediacy’ (2012: 232).

3.The lyrics from ‘Khyber Pass’ include the lines ‘Where’s Bin Laden? Where’s Bin Laden? He’s probably runnin’, Probably hidin’, Some say he’s livin’ at the Khyber Pass, Others say he’s at the Bush’s ranch’.

4.One of Boal’s other Playboy articles, ‘Death and Dishonour’, the source for the film In the Valley of Elah, was also involved in a law suit

5.With a somewhat metatextual sense of irony Sarver’s lawyer, Fieger, informed reporters that ‘The caveat in the movie that the movie is fictional and all the characters portrayed in the movie are fictional is a fictional statement in and of itself’ (qtd. in Hinds 2010).

6.The similarities and differences between the article and the film are covered in Robert Alpert’s ‘The Hurt Locker litigation: an adult’s story’ (2012). Guy Marot, a bomb disposal expert with fifteen years’ experience, said of this number and James’ process: ‘He’s supposed to have dealt with some 870 devices, which is completely unbelievable – it would mean dealing with three improvised explosive devices a day – and he just rocks up near a device and puts on a bomb suit. There’s none of the usual military procedure: no planned operation, no isolation, no robots. At one point he is shown pulling five or six 155mm rounds out of the ground; each of those weighs 44kg, and he’s wearing a 40-50kg bomb suit as well. The fundamental stupidity is just staggering’ (qtd. in Barnett 2009).

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