Just started to watch this new HBO series, and while not my “happy place” in an audience seat, it is one of the finest “thriller” productions. And it starts with one of the best title sequences I’ve ever seen.
And because this continues with an ongoing showing-my-age-wonderment: there’s an amazing article on how they made the sequence, step by step!
http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/true-detective/
Oh, and the way Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrleson are dialed into their characters? Stunning bit of acting.
Since we’re on the topic of a True Detective love in …
Quick article on the show creator, who write every episode alone, his first time writing anything TV or film !!????!!:
http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/true-detective-writer-nic-pizzolatto-tells-tall-tales-20140113
And along with the unusual nature of having only one writer for the series, how about one director:
http://prospect.org/article/directors-cut-conversation-cary-fukunaga