I feel like the film is a question and an open-ended question that the audience is free to answer.

In other words, do you want to live in a world like this?

That's this combustible or not.

Music Hello, and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, a what-up scenario for a U.S. government response to an inbound ICBM is explored,

and director Catherine Bigelow's political thriller, A House of Dynamite.

The film explores a hypothetical situation when a radar station detects a single unattributed

ICBM headed for Chicago, how do the many levels of the U.S. government use their limited

time to identify who is responsible, attempt to disable the warhead, and, in the worst-case scenario,

consider severe retaliatory options.

In addition to a House of Dynamite, Bigelow's other directorial credits include the feature films K-19, The Widowmaker, Strange Days, Point Break, Near Dark, and Detroit, and episodes of the

series Homicide Life on the Street.

She was nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for her 2012 feature Zero Dark 30 and won in the same category for her 2008 feature, The Hurt Locker.

Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Bigelow spoke with director James Gray about filming a House of Dynamite.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

I know this is not traditional where I'm supposed to, we're supposed to walk out together, but I wanted to say a brief thing about this person who made the movie.

One of the great treats about some people considering you a movie director is that you get to meet a lot of amazing people.

And I'm very lucky in that way.

And 25 years ago, I met Catherine Bigelow,

and I've been very good friends with her ever since.

And it's been a great joy in my life to know her.

So with that and this remarkable film that we just saw,

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