I recently rented “Pleasantville”, and I highly recommend it. It is a highly poignant parallel to how society struggles to strike a balance between constant change while clinging to upholding its traditional values. Done in a “twilight zone” way, I think many will find the movie quite intriguing.
Anyhow, for those who have seen it, I was wondering if any SDopers might know the name/artist of an instrumental piece played in the scene where Bud is in the malt shop trying to explain how he knew about life outside of Pleasantville. Actually, the instrumental piece starts playing in the previous scene, but rolls into this scene. I believe it is one of many Top 40 instrumental pieces from that era.
Yes, but how would anyone know the exact year in which the movie was set? (Were malt shops all gone by 1960?) Actually, I would have guessed the movie was set in the early 1950’s. Now, take a movie like Apollo 13 or JFK where it’d be more obvious…
If I recall correctly, this scene has both “Take Five” by Brubeck and “So What” by Miles Davis in it, thereby covering all of Columbia Record’s biggest jazz hits for 1959 in one fell swoop. (Take Five dates from 1959, not 1960.)