Rationalization comes after the act, whatever it may be, as a way to make sense of ourselves. Enough bad experiences, especially at an early age, can create fundamentally flawed people who routinely make poor choices, while a rosier upbringing can birth inspiring role models. To some extent, we're fated for success or failure before we even know we're on the playing field. As Dusk Falls swims in these complicated waters. The game opens in 1998, when two families collide-literally-on a desert road in Arizona. The Walkers are moving cross-country to reset their lives after the patriarch of the family, Vince, was let go from his job as an airplane mechanic due to a controversy that might end in litigation. The Holts, meanwhile, are infamous locals that have been making noise in the otherwise quiet town of Two Rock for decades. Side-swiped by the Holts, who flee the scene, the Walkers seek salvation at the Desert Dream Motel, the closest sign of life on the desolate road. Before long, the Holts end up there themselves following a robbery that goes south, and in their desperation, the Holts take the Walkers and others as hostages. Right away, Interior Night showcases a keen understanding of pacing and exposition. You'll quickly understand each character's place in the story and what kind of energy they bring to it. Two Cents is an original column akin to a book club for films.īut that's not to say they are predictable and one-sided. The Cinapse team will program films and contribute our best, most insightful, or most creative thoughts on each film using a maximum of 200 words each. Guest writers and fan comments are encouraged, as are suggestions for future entries to the column. Join us as we share our two cents on films we love, films we are curious about, and films we believe merit some discussion. If you look up ‘cult movie’ in the dictionary you know what you’ll find? A picture of Kurt Russell sneering at you from underneath an eyepatch. Russell’s post-apocalypse antihero Snake Plissken appears fully formed as a new icon of cinema from the moment he stomps into frame in John Carpenter’s Escape from New York. Hugely influential on cyber-punk literature and going on forty years’ worth of movies, TV shows, comics, and video games (where Metal Gear Solid’s Solid Snake is an obvious, admitted direct descendant of Plissken), Escape from New York has left a massive cultural tail that dwarfs innumerable other films of its era that were bigger hits at the time. Initially conceived in the mid-70s, Escape from New York finally became a reality on the back of Carpenter spinning low-budget box office gold from the likes of Halloween and The Fog. Having recently worked with Russell in the lead role on a TV miniseries about Elvis Presley (called… Elvis), Carpenter was convinced that the squeaky-clean star of cookie-cutter Disney family fare was the man to shoot, stab, punch, beat, and explode his way through a nightmarish future.
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