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Kathryn Bigelow is happy “A House of Dynamite” is sparking conversations.⁠
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That’s her initial — and genuinely enthusiastic — response to The Hollywood Reporter when asked about Bloomberg’s recent report that the Pentagon sent out an internal memo about her film, criticizing its depiction of the United States’ nuclear missile defense system. ⁠
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The movie’s view is based on Bigelow and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim’s extensive research and interviews with experts: They depict with startling detail how, with less than 30 minutes from detection, officials can best, if ultimately insufficiently, respond to an incoming attack, with the current U.S. system able to stop a nuclear missile roughly 50 percent of the time. (“A coin toss,” as the refrain in the movie goes.) Per Bloomberg, the Pentagon counters that its systems “have displayed a 100% accuracy rate in testing for more than a decade.”⁠
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Writers like The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols, who visited the set for the film, have already disputed The Pentagon’s apparent claims. Officials including U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey have gone public praising the film for raising nuclear awareness — and getting it seemingly right. The Pentagon has complicated the conversation over the level of accuracy in #AHouseofDynamite, which has premiered to strong numbers on Netflix as the streamer’s number one film, with 22.1 million views in its first three days, per the company.⁠
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But Bigelow and Oppenheim welcome the debate. In an exclusive conversation with THR at the link in bio., they reflect on the movie’s success so far, lessons learned from the controversy around Bigelow’s Oscar-winning Zero Dark Thirty, and why they feel confident in their depiction.⁠

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