True Detective is an earnest show without being innocentits taken stock of the world, found it broken or lacking, and offered those findings to us in swampy mystery form.
The first question is for Pizzolatto. It makes reference to "The Killing," which he worked on. "Any of the ambitions and plans that I had for this show were gestated before I joined 'The Killing' or came out here," Pizzolatto says. "My idea about mystery and how to handle these sorts of these just came out of my own ethos as a write," he says. "I like stories with endings. I like a good third act," he says, noting that that's what drew him to the anthology format. This will be self-contained.
How did the writer and director create the sense of place in Louisiana. Fukunaga says that the original setting was in the Ozarks, but "the realities of production" led them to Louisiana. Fukunaga was captivated by chemical plans and Vietnamese restaurants and whatnot. "I had a person relationship to it all, because these are the areas of the country where I grew up," Pizzolatto says. When it comes to the show's treatment of religion, Pizzolatto says that sometimes McConaughey's character says some dark things about religion, but that's not the show's POV. "Pessimism and romanticism are two sides of the same illusion, so to speak," he says. Dude. "My hope is that you're honoring both the culture and the people involved in it," Pizzolatto says.
Finally the "Why do TV?" question. Woody already worked with HBO on "Game Change." "It's a privilege to work with them," Woody says of HBO. "I love Matthew. He's my brother. Phenomenal, amazing person. I love Michelle. I've known her many many years. Cary's a terrific director and Nic wrote this amazing script I couldn't put down," Woody says. "It's a different time in television," McConaughey says. He signed on without knowing where it would be. "That transition is much more seamless in reality and perception now more than ever," he says. "It was a 450 page film is what it was. It was also finite. It didn't mean we'd have to come back this year, next year if we were under contract," McConaughey adds.
Much more via the link.How will a second season work? "If you got to do it again, the setting would be a major character along with our leads," Pizzolatto says, adding that it would be in settings we haven't seen as much. "I think in some form the story would always maintain some aspect of a story being told," Pizzolatto says, which plays into the idea of an investigation. He loves theater and monologues. "This an idea of an objective truth versus a spoken truth is something that provides a great deal of tension and is one of my governing tendencies," Pizzolato adds. He said another season could be more of a conspiracy thriller or a small town murder mystery or a master criminal versus a master detective. "As long as there's some crime in there, I think the series format could approach it," he says, claiming that "Absalom, Absalom" could hypothetically be a season. Unclear if he means that literally.
Cornballer is a mod now, when did that happen? Awesome work on the OT which has become your standard.
Cornballer became a mod and then Daddarrio took off her shirt.
He is the messiah.
It's a good project, he has Harrelson on it with him, and keep in mind that it's only an 8 episode commitment. Take a look at some of his comments from the TCA panel for more info.They got McConaughey to do a TV show? How much is HBO paying him? Didn't he turned down 15 fucking millions to do Magnum P.I.?
It's a good project, he has Harrelson on it with him, and keep in mind that it's only an 8 episode commitment. Take a look at some of his comments from the TCA panel for more info.
- US News & World Report: A Crime Drama Where the Detectives Are on Trial"True Detective," a quietly terrific new series debuting Sunday on HBO, takes its title, though not its style, from a famous old real-crime magazine, popular back when people turned to reading for the sort of stimulation they get mostly through television now.
"True Detective" manages to avoid the trappings of both a dismal "prestige" drama and a pulpy serial killer hunt by letting two intricately drawn and expertly acted characters lead the way. What could have been and to some respect, starts as another overdone crime mystery turns into a riveting character drama by making the detectives the real focus of the chase.
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I love what McConaughey has grown into as an actor. Still need to checkout Dallas Fryers Club.
He lost a lot of weight for his role in Dallas Buyer's Club.WHAT THE HELL happened to Matthew McConaughey's muscles????
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WHAT THE HELL happened to Matthew McConaughey's muscles????
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All those reviews sound so good. Shit, I can't wait for Monday.
But the shows time-shifting structure is so painstaking that even when True Detective spirals into lurid madness here still seems to be purpose behind it. Every cut, music cue, and bit of dialogue-as-voice-over contributes to the sense that the show has a grand design, or is at the very least commenting on our need to believe that all things happen for a reason, that its not just a swirl of appetite and consequence. This sense of purpose may prove to be another of True Detectives fake-outs, the darkest one of all.
- NY Daily News: True Detective, TV review"True Detective," premiering Jan. 12 on HBO, is the next great drama to explore the elasticity of the narrative form, pairing a dark story that traverses time with excellent actors vying for prominence.
Its another worthy occupant for HBOs 9 p.m. slot on Sunday nights. 4 out of 5 stars
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I love what McConaughey has grown into as an actor. Still need to checkout Dallas Fryers Club.
The world didnt really need another series about desperate men in desperate times turning to desperate measures, but the format of True Detective creates anticipation for everything to come. The series can be ponderous and ever so slightly banal, but its also sure-footed and thoughtful when it counts. And in its top-notch talent, it creates a great template HBO and Pizzolatto can build on, not only in the back half of this season but also in the years to come. True Detective might be finding itself in the first half of its first season, but few processes of discovery are so enthralling to watch. B+
True Detective will linger with you long after the credits roll, a grim journey into night.
- The Week: How HBO broke all the rules of the police proceduralIf theres a compelling reason to watch True Detective, they provide it, particularly Mr. McConaughey, who continues the recent winning streak he began with the 2011 film The Lincoln Lawyer. His contained, assured, watchful performance as Rust Cohle is a pleasure to watch. This remains true even when the material fails him, as it does with increasing frequency in the four episodes provided for review.
There's something uniquely thrilling about True Detective, which shows how much untapped potential and how much genuine art can found in one of TV's most overstretched and overplayed genres.
- Sneak peek clip from the premiere (please spoiler tag discussion as appropriate)
- Sneak peek clip from the premiere (please spoiler tag discussion as appropriate)
Please tell me this is a proper mystery show and not yet another character study?
Please tell me this is a proper mystery show and not yet another character study?
I haven't read everything about the show, but based on what I have, I'd say it's more of a character study than anything. I think the creator said that he doesn't really care about serial killers or something like that, so any mystery might just be background material.
- Washington Post: A murky mystery, bogged down in a swampWeve started calling every film with a serial killer a psychological drama, but True Detective really is one. Its about whether our lives really matter at all. Thats scarier than the scariest monster. But then the show gives us a glimpse at the monster. And things get scarier still.
In its better moments, True Detective feels like a fever dream, but mostly its just groggy.
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Former Louisiana State CID partners, Rustin Cohle and Martin Hart, give statements to a pair of investigators about the murder of a prostitute that took place 17 years earlier.
HBO has created a strong dramatic outing with "True Detective" that will reassert the network as being the backer of some of the best television around. That is largely thanks to HBO's clear confidence in creator Nic Pizzolatto (a novelist who previously worked on "The Killing") and director Cary Fukunaga ("Jane Eyre," "Sin Nombre"). Viewers should not only be excited for the premiere of "True Detective" Season 1, but also for what future seasons of this anthology series hold in store.
this viewer is excited- Zap2It Review: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson go dark for HBO