If the Doomsday Clock is a symbolic representation of how close the world is to destruction, in Kathryn Bigelow’s Netflix film “A House of Dynamite,” the ticking clock is no symbol. It is very real.

A fictional “what if” about an impending nuclear attack (spoilers ahead), the movie depicts what happens when a missile is launched by parties unknown. Its destination: Chicago. National security and military experts, along with the president, have only 19 minutes to address two questions: Can the missile be shot out of the sky before it hits? And if not, should the U.S. retaliate? The story ends just before impact.

Ironically, the actual Doomsday Clock is located in … well, Chicago. It’s in the lobby of the Keller Center at the University of Chicago, which is where the Bulletin of the Atomic

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