The top streaming film on Netflix this week tackles a long-running Hollywood theme,

the threat of a nuclear attack.

And the discourse around this film has struck a nerve, not just with audiences but with military

defense experts and the Pentagon.

Jeff Bennett spoke with Noah Oppenheim, the writer of A House of Dynamite, for our

Arts and Culture series, Canvas.

In little more than seven minutes, we will lose the city of Chicago.

It's sometime in the near future, and an intercontinental ballistic missile of unknown origin is headed toward the U.S.

Get in the car and just start driving.

Where?

What are you talking about?

West.

Go west, go west as fast as you can.

A ticking clock, counting down the minutes until impact, looms over several overlapping storylines.

As officials in the Situation Room, troops on a military base, and the President all scramble to respond to potential nuclear annihilation.

This is insanity.

Okay?

No, sir.

This is reality.

This is the fictional world of a House of Dynamite, directed by Academy Award-winning

director Catherine Bigelow.

But it's also a scenario that feels eerily time to this moment, as matters

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