Possible Spoiler:
Dr. Blake has just shared the bullet that he had earlier removed from the left buttock of the college with the man in the dark suit. The boy made it through surgery but is unable to tell his story of the altercation with the Confederate soldiers that led to his girlfriend’s disappearance because he is still under sedation. The man in the dark suit must therefor try to track down the girl’s sister.
Dr. Blake has suggested to the man that he consult with the police detectives who’d been to his hospital earlier. He tells him that the detectives have already gone to the nightclub where the sister is a singer. If he leave immediately he might get there before they leave.
Before the man leaves, Dr. Blake asks the man give the bullet back. The man polishes off his whisky, snuffs out his cigaretted, tosses the bullet on Blake’s desk and departs.
Intention
I recently noticed Summarize a movie with Animated GIFs in the ds106 Visual Assignment category. Rather than putting all the GIFs in one post, I’m attempting to do a variation of the assignment over time while incorporating a few other techniques. The podcast, for example, will be used to provide extra bits of info and sound bites from the film. I will also try to make use of some other ds106 assignments related to this project as it unfolds.
The only hope I have is that somebody figures out the title of the film before I announce it. It shouldn’t be too hard if you check the internet archive.
From your rather generous clues one must conclude that the movie in question is “The Yesterday Machine” directed by Russ Marker.
Google is great. For example, I find it fascinating that with the Web we are able to find something, once glimpsed in childhood, and follow a trail that reveals almost everything about the artifact, its creators and context. This provides a very unique form of closure. On many occasions I have done some Web detective work to uncover the details of a scene, a phrase or a person that has haunted me for years. I end up finding, for example, a complete TV series of which I had previously seen only a few seconds, many, many years ago. I can read about the origins of the series, the fates of the actors, the events of the era during which the series was broadcast.
- Karamoon
Nicely done Karamoon. Don’t know if you’ve had stomach enough to watch the entire film yet. If you can, check out the majorette’s sister as she sings her song in the night club.
It turns out that the song was written by the film’s director Russ Marker. It has a similar kitsch value as nearly every other moment in the film. But the fact that he’s able to work an awful rendition of lame song into a weak movie is in some curious way inspiring to me.
Be on the lookout for a package of sweets as soon as figure out where the Al Khobar post office is. Maybe I should check Google maps.