Talk:The Beast of Yucca Flats

The woman at the beginning

The film opens with the murder by strangling of a woman who has just gotten out of the shower and is thus topless. The identity of the murderer is never revealed and the murder is never discussed after that scene. Javorsky is unlikely to be the killer because if the scene takes place before the movie, he is not the Beast yet and thus has no known motivation to kill a woman who he presumably hasn't met; if it is set during the movie, Javorsky still could not be the killer as the Beast never leaves the wastelands. Note: The narration in the movie mentions that Javorsky's wife had been killed in retribution for his defection. This may be the woman in the first scene.

That still doesn't work because when you see the killer he his wearing the same clothes as Javorsky. You can see his white shirt sleeves split up the sides.--Skeev 13:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

The pre-credits opening strangulation scene has no dialogue or narration, the hands of the man who strangles the woman do not show scars or burns, and the woman has a model Conestoga wagon on her bed headboard. These visuals are important clues to placing the scene in the context of the film. After the credits, as defected Soviet scientist Javorsky lands in America in a single engine private aircraft, we are informed in narration that his wife and children were killed in Hungary and, later, the post-nuclear Javorsky as The Beast shows burns on his hands in the strangulation of the couple whose car broke down in the desert: on his left hand as he strangles the man, on his right hand as he strangles the woman. If the pre-credits woman were Javorsky's wife being killed by KGB in Hungary, the choice of a model Conestoga wagon, an icon of American history, would be an odd choice in Soviet-era home decoration. She cannot be a victim of post-nuclear Javorsky in a flash-forward scene: there are no scars on the backs of the strangler's hands. I suspect the scene was inserted by writer/director Coleman Francis to perplex and unnerve the viewers to keep their minds on the edge of their seats wondering what's happening? I suspect the mysteries of this film will remain enigmatic in the memories of viewers eternally, eluding all attempts by mere mortal movie goers to fathom the depths of writer/director Coleman Francis' artistic vision. --Naaman Brown (talk) 04:52, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Expansion

This article is severely underdeveloped and needs to be expanded in more detail, and it needs to be reworded. There needs to be more information on the film's production and reception. Also the plot section should be rewritten since it current state is absolutely horrid. There are so many things that need to be fixed and expanded upon in this article, let's get to it!--Paleface Jack (talk) 20:31, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

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