“A House of Dynamite”: How Production Designer Jeremy Hindle Built a Nuclear Crisis in Real Time – Part 2

Filmed primarily in New Jersey with the help of $30 million in production incentives, Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite is a sobering look at how the response to a nuclear attack on U.S. soil might unfold. It’s not an easy watch, but it’s relentlessly compelling and superbly crafted, hallmarks of Bigelow’s distinguished career. 

The cortisol-triggering film follows major players in the government during the 20 minutes before an inbound nuclear missile hits a major American city.

Inside “A House of Dynamite”: Production Designer Jeremy Hindle on Building Kathryn Bigelow’s Nuclear Thriller

An unrelenting, blistering thriller that grips you from the first frame and never lets go, Oscar-winning Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film , A House of Dynamite, is the final installment in a trilogy that began with 2008’s The Hurt Locker and continued with 2012’s Zero Dark Thirty. Continuing her trademark journalist approach to filmmaking and fascination with the military industrial complex, A House of Dynamite follows high-ranking officials in the U.S.

“A House of Dynamite” Scribe Noah Oppenheim on His Real-Time Nuclear Thriller’s Emotional Stakes & Shocking Ending

Spoilers below.

News veteran turned Hollywood scribe Noah Oppenheim (Jackie, Zero Day) has penned a new edge-of-your-seat thriller in A House of Dynamite, a cautionary tale about nuclear weapons and those in charge of them. Helmed by Oscar-winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty),