The Jouissance of the Torturer in Zero Dark Thirty and the Enjoyment of the Unacceptable by Juliet Brough Rogers

“…This enjoyment can be seen in the film Zero-Dark-Thirty in which the torturers animate the tortured to, arguably, further their enjoyment and further their goal of/as torture. …”
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From Pacifists to Cowboys to Torturers: The Different Representations of the US Military and Intelligence Agencies in Post-9/11 American War Films by Phil Hobbins-White

“…In the decade following the attacks, a wealth of war films were released, including Redacted (Brian De Palma, 2007), The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2009) and Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012) amongst many others. …”

Hollywood, American Politics, and Terrorism: When Art Turns into a Political Tool by Ali Serdouk

“…The post-9/11 period was an era in which the White House, the Pentagon, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contributed directly and indirectly to the production of several terrorism films. In Zero Dark Thirty , gifts were offered to some CIA agents in order to obtain classified information and various accesses. …”
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ISIS From the dark fiction of Hollywood by Kinda Yousef

“…This propaganda reached its darkest point with the film Zero Dark Thirty (2012). Today’s world’s worst enemy “ISIS” is a consequence of some of the worst decisions taken in our times. …”
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Setauket to Abbottabad: The Value of Film and Television in Teaching Human Intelligence by Keith Cozine

“…The Assets, The Americans, Turn, and Zero Dark Thirty are some of the titles that are utilized in this teaching approach and examples of how these specific titles are used are provided.…”
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