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VENICE<\/strong> \u2013 Kathryn Bigelow<\/a> tackles geopolitics in her new film \u201cA House of Dynamite,\u201d which has its world premiere on Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival<\/a>. <\/p>\n The film is about an imminent missile strike on the U.S., from an unknown aggressor, and how the White House responds.<\/p>\n \u201cI grew up in an era when hiding under your school desk was considered the go-to protocol for surviving an atomic bomb,\u201d Bigelow said in her director\u2019s statement. \u201cToday, the danger has only escalated. Multiple nations possess enough nuclear weapons to end civilization within minutes. And yet, there\u2019s a kind of collective numbness \u2014 a quiet normalization of the unthinkable.\u201d<\/p>\n She added that she wanted to make a film that confronts this paradox \u2014 \u201cto explore the madness of a world that lives under the constant shadow of annihilation, yet rarely speaks of it.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s Bigelow\u2019s first film since the 2017 release of \u201cDetroit.\u201d Her most acclaimed films have been politically themed, from \u201cThe Hurt Locker,\u201d for which she became the first woman to win the best director Oscar, to \u201cZero Dark Thirty.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cA House of Dynamite\u201d was written by former NBC News President Noah Oppenheim, who won best screenplay at the festival for \u201cJackie\u201d in 2016.<\/p>\n \u201cA House of Dynamite\u201d is one of three Netflix films playing in competition, alongside Guillermo del Toro\u2019s classically gothic \u201cFrankenstein\u201d<\/a> and Noah Baumbach\u2019s Hollywood drama \u201cJay Kelly.\u201d<\/a> The streamer still doesn’t have a best picture win in its arsenal, and Venice has proved itself to be a solid launching pad for awards hopefuls.<\/p>\n The film, which will be released in theaters on Oct. 10 before streaming on Oct. 24, stars Idris Elba and Rebecca Ferguson, and boasts a large supporting cast, including Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos and Greta Lee.<\/p>\n The Venice awards, which will be decided on by the Alexander Payne-led jury, will be handed out at the close of the festival on Sept. 6.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n