Kathryn Bigelow, the filmmaker who recently debuted “A House of Dynamite,” responded to Pentagon criticism after parts of the film showed that the country’s nuclear weapons The detection system can stop the threat only 50 percent of the time.
In response to the film, the Pentagon distributed an internal memo criticizing its authenticity.
Defense officials described the film as “compelling” and “meant to entertain audiences”, while denying it was reflective of the real-world trial, which told “a very different story”. Bloomberg report,
Bigelow and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim told hollywood reporter His research proves the accuracy of the events depicted in the film and he said he is happy that the film is becoming a topic of discussion among top leaders.
“It’s interesting. In an ideal world, culture has the ability to drive policy — and if there’s a conversation around nuclear weapons proliferation, that’s certainly music to my ears,” Bigelow said in an article published Tuesday.
Oppenheim agreed and said that the community of defense officials could dispute any information considered questionable.
“As we see it, this is not a debate between us as filmmakers and the Pentagon. This is between the Pentagon and the broader community of experts in the field,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
reporting from atlantic And statement from Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) claims that nuclear missile defense systems, in fact, have a 50 percent chance of accuracy when given 30 minutes to detect an incoming attack.
“Director Kathryn Bigelow’s new thriller, ‘A House of Dynamite,’ isn’t just an entertaining film — it’s a warning. The film dramatizes, in real time, the terrifying 30-minute period between the launch of a nuclear missile headed toward America and its impact,” Markey wrote Monday. Op-ed for MSNBC,
He said, “In doing so, the film exposes a brutal truth that many decision-makers and policy experts in Washington refuse to accept: Long-range missile defense will not protect us. Our only real path to avoid nuclear devastation is to reduce the global arsenal.”
Bigelow said that defense experts were his “north star” when directing the film.
“I just tell the truth. In this piece, it’s all about realism and authenticity. It’s the same with ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ and with ‘The Hurt Locker’ — even though ‘The Hurt Locker’ was obviously a work of fiction, and it is a work of fiction. For me, these are pieces that lean strongly on realism,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.
“You’re inviting the audience into the battle deck [U.S. Strategic Command]This is a place that is not easily accessible, and so you want it to be authentic and honest. That’s my goal and I think we’ve achieved it.”
