This lively, snappy little film uses its limited resources wonderfully well and to very good effect - this is a well-thought-out and effectively and satisfyingly-crafted film. Set in the late 50s (imaginatively and creatively recreated) and set on the night of a big local game, leaving a (very) smalltown radio DJ and a teenage phone operator to investigate a mysterious signal, the camera cleverly keeps us with the two protagonists throughout in a very engaging way. It is also very refreshing to see a film that is so straightforward, tight and focused in its storytelling; rather than create a multi-character set of parallel narratives, this film takes it s central story idea and simply runs with it to its (perhaps inevitable but) well-staged conclusion. Emerging as an Amazon Original, The Vast Of Night is a small-scale but well-formed movie.
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