The adjustable pipe, or Stillson, wrench is used to hold or turn pipes or circular bars.
A passerby who stopped to watch has given us an inventory of what went into the hole: One sledge hammer, one large Stillson wrench, two pairs of enormous pluers, one large chisel, one crowbar, one axe, one small roll of Scotch Tape.
Stillson browbeats a dissenting general: "I am the voice of the people!" echoing Trump's Republican candidacy acceptance speech: "I am your voice".
Stillson is rallying for a seat in the House of Representatives, an independent candidate who relies on jingoism and hot dogs to win votes.
When Johnny meets Stillson and shakes his hand, and sees what will happen to America – and the world – if Stillson is left unchecked, he wonders: "If you could jump into a time machine and go back to 1932, would you kill Hitler?" This is a question that King clearly wondered himself, this idea of going back to a root of something and fixing the issue before it has a chance to manifest.
But don't confuse the vivid computer-generated prints of domestic objects and scenes he began making after he retired -- a Stillson wrench, above; a Wellfleet, Mass., front door at high noon; the narrow hall of his Chelsea tenement apartment building -- with photographs.
QUESTION FROM MEGAN STILLSON: Thanks so much for talking to us today.
On shaking hands with senatorial candidate Greg Stillson – played by former JFK and future Jed Bartlett Martin Sheen – he has a vision of President Stillson taking the decision to launch an all-out nuclear attack.
Even if Stillson's wild-eyed megalomania is a different flavour of nuts to Trump's naked narcissism, the film highlights a specific concern for many of Trump's critics across the political spectrum.
Johnny Smith, though, sees the future: where Stillson becomes President one day, and leads the US into a war the like of which it's never seen.
"It's my hope that our relationships are validated and seen as eligible for the same benefits as someone who is married," Mr. Stillson added.
