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“A House of Dynamite” Is the Wrong Metaphor for US Nukes

Jonah Walters Convergence
Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite, captures the horror and insanity of nuclear war. But by portraying the US atomic arsenal as an inheritance from the past rather than a product of our own time, it lets our political leaders off

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A House of Dynamite | Movie Trailer

From Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow. A single, unattributed missile launched at the United States begins a race to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

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