From her films
June 28, 2009
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The Loveless (1982) Bigelow’s feature debut was a low-budget but fabulously moody biker flick - “The Wild One’’ as existential fetish art, starring a hot young Willem Dafoe.
Near Dark (1987) One of the great lost vampire movies, about a tribe of redneck bloodsuckers roaming the American Southwest in a van. Lean, mean, beautifully crafted.
Blue Steel (1989) This tough feminist thriller about a lady cop (Jamie Lee Curtis) fending off a psychopath (Ron Silver) was Bigelow’s bid for the big time.
Point Break (1991) Hugely enjoyable surfer crime action movie starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. It’s not a guilty pleasure if the director’s in on the joke.
Strange Days (1995) A sci-fi epic set on the eve of Y2K, this underappreciated drama of ideas plays like the movie cyberpunk guru William Gibson never wrote.
The Weight of Water (2000) Bigelow goes art-house with a flawed but fascinating double tale of 19th-century murder and 20th-century investigation.
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) And back to the big leagues with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson in a relentless, sorrowful tale of a leaky Russian nuclear sub. TY BURR
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