![]() ![]() TIME: Is that where you were during 9/11? To get into that school was my moment of “O.K., this is now leading somewhere else.” I think my parents breathed a sigh of relief. The actress later told TIME she believes that, on a broad scale, we are still processing the question:Ĭhastain: When I got into Juilliard, that was kind of like the turning point. Not that the answer is readily available. “To end the film on that question is far more interesting than providing an answer,” she said. Jessica Chastain, who plays Maya, also said that the crying scene was her favorite to shoot (with her shouting match with Kyle Chandler coming in second). ( MORE: New York Film Critics: A Perfect Score for Zero Dark Thirty) Quite literally, she doesn’t know where she can go from that point. ![]() Speaking shortly before the film’s New York City release, director Kathryn Bigelow answered that question: Maya cries because bin Laden’s death is not an uncomplicated victory, since it leaves us with the national and global question of “Now what?” And, likewise, after that decade devoted solely to the hunt, Maya wonders what will come next in her own life. But why? Is it relief? Joy? Exhaustion? Regret over what she has done in the line of duty? ![]() She wins in the end - and then she cries. Cut to black.Īll this comes after a decade of ruthless pursuit in a career for which she has sacrificed her entire life and, for the audience, after more than two hours of watching a character display no hint of emotion other than vengefulness, dedication, patriotism or anger. More specifically: She boards the plane, is asked by the pilot where she wants to go and responds only with a stunned silence that slowly slides into tears. If you have seen the movie, however, you may be wondering why Maya - so stoic and static throughout her years of hunting - breaks down into sobs when the mission is over. ( MORE: TIME’s Cover Story: Art of Darkness) It’s a movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, and we don’t need a spoiler warning on the news that the hunt was successful.īut that doesn’t mean the end of the movie is predictable - so you should stop reading here if you haven’t already seen it. for three weekends, is that it manages to maintain suspense even though we all already know what happens. Follow of the most impressive things about Zero Dark Thirty, which has been out in wide release in the U.S. ![]()
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