HBO Television Show: True Detective

[EJ]

So effing good. As good as the acting was in this ep, the direction, sequencing, and cinematography all stood out the most.

[VinylGuy]

"I'm gonna skull fuck you, you bitch!"

Whoever's reviewing this over at the AV Club has been making the point that the writer/director of this series has done a pretty great job of keeping Marty out of Walter White/Tony Soprano anti-hero territory, and I think a line like that is a great example of how. Besides the fact that we want him to get the killer off of the street, who's actually rooting for Marty? Not me.

I love what Woody´s been doing with this character. He is really fucked and lost, and it seems there is a good man behind that rage. He even seems like a cool guy in the present....but that line, wow, that was intense.

[Harry Lime]

I got HBO! I can watch the fourth episode soon! Yay!

[super nintendo chalmers]

Nice inclusion of the Melvins, Sleep Primus and Lucinda Williams this week.

Six minute single shot?! Unbelievable.

[MitchCumstein]

Nice inclusion of the Melvins, Sleep Primus and Lucinda Williams this week.

Six minute single shot?! Unbelievable.

Plus, Boogie Down Productions and Wu-Tang.

I was so caught up in the tension I didn't even notice it was a single take. Going back and watching it, that had so many moving parts. Brilliant.

[Harry Lime]

The things you gotta do to get to Reggie fricken Ledoux.

[VinylGuy]

Lets not forget, Grinderman.

[15showsandcounting]

I feel like this is going to end way too soon.

[numbers]

What a gem this show turned out to be.

[spike]

Nice inclusion of the Melvins, Sleep Primus and Lucinda Williams this week.

Six minute single shot?! Unbelievable.

Plus, Boogie Down Productions and Wu-Tang.

I was so caught up in the tension I didn't even notice it was a single take. Going back and watching it, that had so many moving parts. Brilliant.

you were caught up in the tension because of the single take.

[Harry Lime]

Didn't anyone else feel that the lawn mower guy at the abandoned school in episode three was a little suspicious? I mean, why even introduce his character?

[broken iris]

Didn't anyone else feel that the lawn mower guy at the abandoned school in episode three was a little suspicious? I mean, why even introduce his character?

To some extent yes, but it's the same with the hookers in the trailer park. Why dwell there for so much screen time if they are not more involved? I bet a rewatch of the whole series after it's over will be very enlightening, esp. with that "right in front of you the whole time" line.

[VinylGuy]

Didn't anyone else feel that the lawn mower guy at the abandoned school in episode three was a little suspicious? I mean, why even introduce his character?

Im expecting that guy to come back.

[broken iris]

Hmm... a hidden clue?

Seriously, the internet may have solved this so don't look if you are a spoiler-free purist. I am one, but this was emailed to me without a spoiler warning.

Spoiler: show

[Simple Torture]

Hmm... a hidden clue?

Seriously, the internet may have solved this so don't look if you are a spoiler-free purist. I am one, but this was emailed to me without a spoiler warning.

Spoiler: show

Spoiler: show

So the idea is that Marty did it? Or that his kid is involved?

[bond]

I don't think the lawnmower guy or that picture have anything to do with anything. The creators said this is a character story. Not a cop drama. Not a serial killer story. I don't see any huge surprise reveals coming.

[EJ]

I don't think the lawnmower guy or that picture have anything to do with anything. The creators said this is a character story. Not a cop drama. Not a serial killer story. I don't see any huge surprise reveals coming.

Agreed.

[broken iris]

I don't think the lawnmower guy or that picture have anything to do with anything. The creators said this is a character story. Not a cop drama. Not a serial killer story. I don't see any huge surprise reveals coming.

Agreed.

I agree that won't be a Lost-esque "Hatch" moment, but I think there will be a twist. It'll probably be telegraphed like in Breaking Bad, but there will be a moment which illustrates the divide that occurred between the two leads and it's gotta be something impactfull to drive Cohle to become transformed. Conspiracy and betrayal are hallmarks of film noir detective stories, so I don't discount either.

[bond]

I don't think the lawnmower guy or that picture have anything to do with anything. The creators said this is a character story. Not a cop drama. Not a serial killer story. I don't see any huge surprise reveals coming.

Agreed.

I agree that won't be a Lost-esque "Hatch" moment, but I think there will be a twist. It'll probably be telegraphed like in Breaking Bad, but there will be a moment which illustrates the divide that occurred between the two leads and it's gotta be something impactfull to drive Cohle to become transformed. Conspiracy and betrayal are hallmarks of film noir detective stories, so I don't discount either.

Something definitely happens, but I don't think we'll get anything like "OMG Daddario's bewbs were the killer all along" twists. Weren't Marty and Cohle partners for 8 years, many of them after this case?

[broken iris]

http://nofilmschool.com/2014/02/watch-6 ... nd-scenes/

The entire shot lasts around 6 minutes, and while Fukunaga did build edit points into the scene if he needed them, the entire shot is one complete take, which they attempted 7 times.