Friday, 12 June 2020

The Vast of Night



Amazing continuous shots. Not just technical, they reinforce how the small town, the people, the radiostation and the switch board, are all connected.

The storytelling is good. And the writing.
"I've seen good people go bad, and smart people go mad." (Mabel Blanche, when she tells Everett And Fae (? the girl radio operator) about her life.
Her monologue is amazing. how "they" made people focus on stupid things, on losing weight, on fashion, on anything, not realizing they were being controlled. How thus, "they" made wars happen.


Some great guitar music.


"Cut the gas, you were a mile wide!"  [not even close]

"You are on the stick with me tonight!" [exasperated, you're driving me crazy / making things difficult for me?]