We check in to Drew Goddard’s “Bad Times at the El Royale” and discuss:

• Cinematography, unmotivated light, motivated coverage;
  
• Story & Writing, true faith, honoring the dead;
  
• Special Guest Hamish Purdy, set decorator on Bad Times at the El Royale;
  
• and other such stuff and things and stuff.
  

“A well constructed plot, therefore, must neither begin nor end at haphazard“ – Aristotle

Notes & References:
Hamish Purdy (iMDB)

Addendum: On further reflection, I think “El Royale” is a reference to Pulp Fiction, that thought had occurred to me but I forgot to note it for when we did the show, think it’s important because that makes it more of a homage to pulpy stories. In Pulp Fiction we have a character who pulls all the threads together, Marsellus Wallace, every story thread is connected to him and therefore it all has cohesion (his henchmen, his wife, his paid off boxer). I think in El Royale the motel is meant to serve that central pull, being a character in the film, but since it’s an inanimate object it lacks the same level of intentionality that makes the story obvious/inevitable. – Wes

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