Go Dallas, Thanks Shane

Just some thoughts...

The Amy character's hypnosis/ financial robbery was neatly backdropped by the chilly rain & mist common here in November. A 'fall' from grace.

Their investigation of the Sampler's domain, as well as the piglets' murder and the orchid pickers' discovery was clearly filmed in January or February, as the trees are completely devoid of all leaves, and yet the clover plus fledgling green of the new season's grass is sprouted & spread all along the ground.

Aesthetics that added to the texture of the piece are the harsh interior lighting of the DART train; the sterility of public space lighting takes the forefront at this bleak time of year; long nights and short often grey days. Perfect shorthand for conveying the desolation of the characters at that point in the film.


It's gratifying to see Dallas used the way it really appears... instead of forced attempts to choke the viewer on mawkish icons of pumpjacks (which it doesn't have), cactus & tumbleweeds (which it never had) and to break the unforgiving simpleton scriptwriter shorthand of football & cadillacs; just as stupid as suggesting LA is nothing but surfers and India is nothing but snake charmers and everyone in China knows kung fu.

Every October & March the trees and power lines in Dallas are truly chocker block full of crows and grackles. The city sits in the continent's migratory path. At these times the branches will be absolutely buzzingly full of birds that have just flown all day; it is as loud as a sporting event. There is no CGI or soundwork trickery in Amy & Shane's Central Market parking lot scene of traded childhood memories, in fact this scene only captures a portion of it.