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    The Vast Of Night

    Aug 02, 2020 3 minutes

    1 FAY AND EVERETT

    James Dyer: The heart and soul of The Vast Of Night is a pair of heroes wearing horn-rimmed glasses: DJ Everett Sloan (Jake Horowitz) and plucky switchboard operator Fay Crocker (Sierra McCormick). As the story slowly unspools, it’s the pair’s fizzing chemistry that retains our interest and energises the plot, dashing from one lead to the next with almost effervescent enthusiasm.

    2 THE SOUNDS ON THE SWITCHBOARD

    When finally Fay arrives at work at WOTW radio station (an homage to ), she operates the switchboard, connecting and disconnecting calls until she hears an unusual sound coming through and tries to discern what it is. Director Andrew Patterson plays the drama out in one long take.

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