In The Dark (Part 1)
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| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1992 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| 58 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | The Best |
| Followed by: | In The Dark (Part 2) |
| Purchase or Stream | |
There's always a reason why she can't sleep.
In The Dark (Part 1) is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1992.
Synopsis
- A woman suffers from insomnia.
- The men in her apartment building who annoy her mysteriously disappear, leaving their clothes and a whiff of perfume behind.
- A wealthy businessman's car breaks down in the ghetto.
- He imagines homeless people taking over his house.
- He is picked up by the insomniac woman, realizes that he is her landlord, and is drugged, dressed as a woman, handcuffed to a locked briefcase, and kidnapped.
- He is put in a limo, remembers meeting a woman dressed as Jesus in a bar, is left in the woods.
- Joe discusses the significance of the man's story.
- A Tinny-voiced man talks about having seen idyllic things: wanting to be a bachelor, the setting sun leaving its bloody entrails.
Music
- "The Player" - Thomas Newman (from The Player, 1992) | YouTube [Intro]
- "Sex" - Thomas Newman (from The Player, 1992) | YouTube [15:05]
- "Desert Drive" - Thomas Newman (from The Player, 1992) | YouTube [38:59]
Miscellanea
A brief passage in this program describes an encounter with a bar room Christ much like that presented four years later in Three Shingles.
