None of these things could be seen which is practically impossible in any US city today, why? Was this supposed to be a "what if" world where some of modern technology was held back because of confiscated Tesla inventions?
There was a sign outside some place of business that said "Like us on Facebook." Until then, I assumed it was supposed to have been set in the 1970s. He still has a rotary dial phone, for crying out loud.
I didn't get it.
The film is certainly set in the present day, with tourists at the Falls taking selfies on their phones, "Like us on Facebook" business signs, and late model cars on the streets. Yet our private investigator drives an early 1970s Dodge Dart Swinger, communicates on rotary dial pay phones, plays pinball, and has a reel-to-reel tape recorder in his office.
I don't know if the filmmakers were trying to set it in the past and failed, or were going for some never-time for the lead character to exist in.
Not a great film at all, but okay for a Saturday night time waster. I live in the area, so it was interesting for me to recognize the locales. One thing I learned was that a suicide over the American Falls can be recovered at the canal locks in Lockport, even though there are 25 miles of solid dry land between the two locations.
It might be hard for the under-35 crowd to imagine, but some of us like analog thingies and gadgets. In the case of this film, I think the car and other retro elements in the character's life say something about him and also the post-industrial Buffalo in which he lives -- a city that once thrived on mechanical things. The Dodge Dart Swinger (looks to be a '73 or '74) was a great car back in the day, the "swinging" coupe version of the staid Dart sedan.
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