You have to read Steven Soderbergh's advice to emerging director Andrew Patterson
"The Vast of Night" is an ambitious, enigmatic science-fiction story set in a small town in 1950s New Mexico. Taking place over the course of one night, as most of the town is preoccupied with a high school basketball game, a local radio DJ (Jake Horowitz) and telephone switchboard operator (Sierra McCormick) notice something strange is happening, something with perhaps extraterrestrial origins.
The movie, available on Amazon Prime, is the feature directing debut of Andrew Patterson. It premiered at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival before moving on to other festivals, including the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall. Critic Amy Taubin, writing for Film Comment, declared the film "a display of visionary moviemaking intelligence" while comparing it to such notable debuts as Richard Kelly's "Donnie Darko," Shane Carruth's "Primer" and Christopher Nolan's "Following."
Around Slamdance, "The Vast of Night" caught the attention of Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, who was there that year to premiere his "High Flying Bird" and pick up the festival's Founders Award. He reached out to meet Patterson, and while he has no official title or role with the movie, Soderbergh has become a friend and mentor to Patterson.
Patterson, who will be
