Pestonji shot another feature, Dark Heaven(1958), for Kachara Film, a film company owned by a close friend. Keen to progress his films and film industry of Thailand, he shot in colour and expanded the use of songs in the narrative. Based on a play by well-known author Suwat Woradilok, the story had been used in a TV drama before Pestonji decided to use it as the basis for his film. The plot of Dark Heaven is nothing out of the ordinary, but the real heart of the film is its songs. The most adventurous section is one showing Choo′s battalion coming under fire on the battlefield, and it′s by far the best part of the film. The sequence cross-cuts between Choo being injured in an explosion and Nien in bed waking from a prescient dream in which she perceives Choo′s fate. The sequence works well not only because the war scenes look quite dramatic despite the limited resources available to shoot them, but also because it establishes the tensions of the remainder of the film. (Chalida Uabumrungjit)