The Vast of Night
2019
Directed by Andrew Patterson
I thought I had escaped from this life. I settled down to a nice boring day job, married a boring woman who is always folding laundry, and had boring suburban kids. Then, one day, while taking the out the trash after dinner, I see on the news that my arch nemesis is blowing up banks again. I must once again don my cape and face the demons I thought I had left in my past.
In other words, I couldn't resist coming back here for the new edition. I am pleased with the some of the removals (no more Avengers, hurray!) and haven't seen any of the new additions. But I'm game for ten new entries. Now that I am done with albums and movies, I've been all about my book list lately and I'm looking to stray from the marriage.
In 1950s New Mexico, Everett and his friend Fay test out Fay's new tape recorder before the male athlete's basketball get-together. The film does a good job endearing us to the characters. Most teenagers portrayed in movies are completely insufferable, so this is commendable. Everett starts his shift at the WOTW radio station, but is interrupted by a mysterious audio signal. Everett puts out the signal to his listeners to see if they have any answers. Some do.
Twilight Zone fans (Zoners?) will appreciate the homage to their soul reason for existence. Even though I was never a huge Zoner, I still found this to be a charming, nostalgic hidden gem. Science fiction movies have a bad habit of cutting away at the most interesting part. Okay, it's guilty of that somewhat too, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
RATING: ***--
Interesting Facts:
Title is taken from a line in the Tempest.
