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The Vast of Night (2019) – A. Patterson
We are in the
midst of an Amazon Prime (Australia) free trial and I have been searching for
anything that looks decent (that I haven’t already seen). This sci-fi flick set in the 1950s came
recommended by various websites. I
suppose it does find ways to refresh a tired old premise (the sighting of UFOs
in New Mexico) by more closely following the activities of the two lead
characters: Fay (Sierra McCormick), the telephone switchboard operator in the
small town, and Everett (Jake Horowitz), the local radio station’s evening
DJ. After hearing reports of strange
electronic sounds and various sightings in the night sky, they ask listeners to
call in to the radio show if they know anything. A former military officer tells a strange
tale (although not too strange to anyone who has heard of Area 51) and an shut-in
old lady invites them to her house to reveal even more weirdness (possible
abductions). The whole film is packaged
as a pseudo-Twilight Zone episode, which ends with the unexpected (or not)
twist. All said and done, this is
diverting enough (mostly because we get to see life in the ‘50s in more detail
than usual) but based on too many cliches of the genre to make it truly
interesting (unless perhaps you are new to said genre).
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