Director of Netflix hit said US government claims that the nuclear strike drama is inaccurate did not reflect the world’s ‘really combustible environment’
Warning: contains a spoiler for the plot of House of Dynamite
Kathryn Bigelow, the director of Netflix thriller House of Dynamite, which depicts government officials responding to a nuclear strike on the US, has responded to criticism by the Pentagon over the accuracy of its defence systems.
Speaking alongside writer Noah Oppenheim to the Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar-winning film-maker defended the film, saying: “I just state the truth. In this piece, it’s all about realism and authenticity.”
Bigelow compared the film with her previous dramas Zero Dark Thirty and Hurt Locker, calling them “work[s] of fiction … that lean in hard on realism”.
