Filmed during WWII, the decision to remain in St.Louis in the film""s conclusion affirmed that nothing will be altered for the American family.This gem of cinematic, picture-postcard Americana and youthful romance, is richly filmed in Technicolor.Asked how long he has been there, Betsy responds: "I don""t know but it feels like a long time." Bickle squeals off when Tom goes out to tell him to stop blocking the curb in front of the offices.Scotty exclaimed: ""Holy cats! What a weird-Iookin"" thing."At the circular-shaped crash site in the tundra ice, it was hypothesized by Carrington that when the object crash-landed, its engines were so hot that it sunk into the melted ice, and was hen covered up by more freezing water:"Something""s melted that surface crust.This gritty film followed Scorsese""s two earlier feature films, includingWho""s That Knocking at My Door (1967)(also with Harvey Keitel that explored similar hemes), and the sexy and violent Depression-Era crime thrillerBoxcar Bertha (1972), produced by Roger Corman.