Littin-Menz, go for long, sometimes swooping, sometimes static takes which allows us to immerse ourselves in this world. Patterson, along with his resourceful cinematographer, M.I. While admittedly, the story feels very slight, the charm lies in the telling. Have aliens invaded or perhaps the Soviets? With the rest of the town at the local high school basketball game, can the two of them save humanity? The main story, the film-within-the-film, centers around two teens who one night discover a strange signal at their respective jobs as a radio host and a switchboard operator. Set in 1950s small town New Mexico, the film begins with a Twilight Zone-style introduction as we push in on an old fashioned television. Sanger have made an idiosyncratic splash with the micro budget yet winning sci-fi mystery, The Vast Of Night. With their feature film debut, director Andrew Patterson and his co-writer Craig W. THE LAST RADIO SHOW - My Review of THE VAST OF NIGHT ( 3 1/2 Stars) Patterson keeps things very simple and doesn't rely on special effects, instead showing a confidence in his material and as much as this may irk some viewers just remember. This is hugely impressive filmmaking from a newcomer that plays out like a live action version of the now infamous and ill-fated Orson Welles radio broadcast of War of the Worlds that caused panic among its listeners.
From the opening scene, it grips and only expertly builds on that momentum with some inventive directorial touches dialogue heavy scenes are lingered on, while sweeping tracking shots give a grander overview of the small town and there's even fade to black moments that capture the wonder (or the dangers) of the night sky surrounding the characters. The paranoia of this time in the U.S is evoked wonderfully and Patterson manages to do so with a meagre budget and two brilliant central performances from newcomers Jake Horowitz and Sierra McCormick.
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Set in a small town in 1950's America, Patterson's film pays homage to classic science-fiction yarns of old like The Day the Earth Stood Still and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or tapping into Tv shows like The X-Files and (far more obviously in its opening shot) The Twilight Zone. You'll have heard the saying "sometimes less is more" and never has that been more true when it comes to debutant director Andrew Patterson's impressive low-budget, sci-fi gem, The Vast Of Night.
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