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Before you hit play, I must apologize.
I recorded this at 2 in the morning. I had been out a good part of the day at the Northeast Collectibles Extravaganza, then spent the evening with friends.
I was sleepy and unfocused when I recorded this, and it will show when you watch the video.
I should have followed my own advice and gone to sleep to let my brain put the script together for me. (Only I don’t script. Still, my mind would have put the talking points together for me, had I let it.)
I decided to power through, and the results are less than stellar.
I apologize.
I will do better.
Here are some items I forgot to mention in the video:
The aircraft graveyard I mentioned is Davis-Monahan Air Force Base, Southeast of Tucson, Arizona
The Wraith mobile is a Dodge M4S Turbo Interceptor. There were six copies made of the car. Two stunt cars made out of molds of the original car and four hollow models were cast that were blown up in the shoot.
The film was released in the United States on November 21, 1986 in only 88 theaters by New Century Vista Film Company.
My main focus was to share how the movie almost succeeds in working at the mythological level of cinematic storytelling, partly because how much it draws from High Plains Drifter. It could have been much closer to cinematic storytelling, but the youth-oriented soundtrack cuts into the cinematic spell the movie almost achieves.
I’m an expert on artistic influence and derivative storytelling. Trust me when I tell you this the source material The Wraith copied.
And the watered down result of copying High Plains Drifted is not bad.
Shout out to
who made recommended this after watching my Remo Williams video. Thank you, Herschel. This was a pleasant trip down memory lane.
