YEAR: 1962
DIRECTOR: Herk Harvey
PINBALL MODEL(S): The backglass cannot be seen, but the cabinet art suggests that this is a 1958 'Double Action' model from Gottlieb.
GAME LOCATION: Diner/Bar
NOTES: Though this scene is not necessarily metaphorically loaded in terms of its inclusion of a pin within the frame, it was an interesting choice of the director to use the cross-angle of both the table and the pin to create a symmetric division between the two sides of the shot. This implied division between the man and woman subtly reinforces their inability to connect.
It should also be noted that the man playing the pinball machine eventually makes an attempt to meet and proposition the film's heroine (on the right), but is dissuaded from doing so and returns to playing the game alone. In a room full of social interaction, the use of the pin is seen as anti-social, as opposed to the more common strategy of filmmakers (Godard, for example) to employ pinball as a conduit for social interaction.
