Original title: Kathryn Bigelow Made Political Thriller ‘A House of Dynamite’ to Warn the World About Nuclear Annihilation
Kathryn Bigelow says she made her latest political thriller, A House of Dynamite, to warn the world about the real and ever-present risks of total global nuclear annihilation. The Oscar-winning director swept into Venice, Italy on Tuesday to unveil her first movie in eight years in competition at the world’s oldest film festival. She described the much-anticipated film’s subject, nuclear weapons, as “a global issue,” and said she was motivated by a desire to “get that information out there.” “Hope against hope, maybe we will reduce the nuclear stockpile someday,” she added, “but in the meantime, we are really living in a house of dynamite.” Bigelow and her cast arrived at the Venice press conference with a wave of positive buzz at their backs after House of Dynamite played for the first time at two packed press screenings in the morning. The excited chatter surrounding the title suggests it could be a thrilling return to form for the filmmaker. A House of Dynamite is described as a ten