What’s Aged the Best?
John Williams’s score, concealed shark and summer-town atmosphere
In the discussion (7)
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- The score, Quint, withheld shark views and widescreen home presentation are opening nominations. — Bill Simmons
- The beach town’s compressed summer economy creates excitement and claustrophobia. — Chris Ryan
- A lifeguard memory and Brandon’s 90210 beach-club summer illustrate how accurately the movie captures the season’s arc. — Chris Ryan
- Amity evokes several modest East Coast resort communities and their mixture of openness and confinement. — Sean Fennessey
- Small houses and the moving camera preserve a less wealthy version of those towns. — Sean Fennessey
- The two-note music and rarely seen shark are praised, with technical failure credited for forcing the latter approach. — Bill Simmons
- The summer atmosphere and music are the explicit closing choices. — Bill Simmons