As the spokesperson of high-quality American dramas, HBO once again impressed the audience. The 8-episode "True Detective" has reached a great height in terms of script, photography, soundtrack, and film techniques. It’s very different from other dramas. The main creator has already set the story frame before shooting, so compared to the relatively independent or even fragmented relationship between each episode of other dramas, "True Detective" has a unified coherence, foreshadowing or interpretation. The fan is set up so that the audience can chew and taste some of the details as if watching a movie.
While domestic fans are frantically chasing "Stars", I feel very gratified that some people can value and savor such a drama. I am not belittling the fans of "Stars", nor am I raising the fans of "True Detective". After all, you love your vegetables and I love my carrots. You and I do not violate each other and have nothing to do with each other. What I want to add is that when "Stars" became popular on the Internet, I couldn't restrain my loneliness. I secretly got a glimpse of how godly this "magic drama" that has made countless men and women obsessed with, is it also like "True". "Detective" is average, the narrative composition and quality are close to high-profile movies, is it surpassing the traditional Korean idol drama that is three thousand feet above the ground, but I found myself too wrong, I should not have too much expectations , I shouldn’t laugh at the screenwriter’s brainlessness, I shouldn’t be internally injured by the “comet with the same climate conditions as the earth”, and I shouldn’t have decided to abandon the drama before watching the first episode. I think I must have opened it in a wrong way, so I sincerely apologize to the fans of "Stars".
However, watching "True Detective" is completely different. You can safely and boldly bring your brain and go through a journey of dark truth with a decadent atmosphere. You can completely define "True Detective" as a minister. Up to 8 hours of movies. Compared with the fast pace of other real detective dramas, "True Detective" can be said to be slow and bizarre. The whole drama covers a case in a span of several decades, which also breaks the "CSI", "Criminal Minds" and "Basic Deduction". The law, "Hannibal" and other American dramas are the practice of one episode and one case. With this psychological preparation, we will not open our mouths when we see the 6-minute hot police and robber street fight at the end of the fourth episode, and we will not be crying by the beautiful film footage. Not to mention the two starring actress-level performances madly. If you say that other dramas are like fast food, you can eat it when it is hot, and forget it when you eat it, "True Detective" is more like a feast, worth chewing aftertaste.
There has always been a strange perception that "True Detective" is particularly close to Wim Wenders' road film. The same empty wasteland, the same life philosophy of running a train, the same literary and speculative spirit that is not accessible to ordinary people. Louisiana, the barren villages, the chimneys with white smoke, the lofty sky, and the wild grasses all at once outlined the mood of emptiness and loneliness. Under the boundless lens, a police car and two policemen were walking on a deserted highway, lonely and helpless, sharing the joys and sorrows, the future is uncertain, the bad luck and the bad things came to me clearly in this way. I have to admire that director Kerry Fuyong is a master of image creation, and I haven't had this experience in any TV series before. Kerry Fuyong, as a young and middle-aged director of the new generation, has been unknown before "True Detective". The most famous is to direct the adaptation of the classic literary masterpiece "Jane Eyre". This edition is composed of Mia Wasworth and "Jane Eyre" starring the two stars of Michael Fassbender did not leave much impression on the audience. Kerry Fuyong, who was born in Cobain, finally proved his strength this time. Super scheduling and control have made me look forward to his movie journey.
The greatest credit for the success of "True Detective" should be attributed to the screenwriter Nick Pizzolatto. I can only express my admiration to this strange screenwriter. The profound literary foundation and theological research, the understanding of life and philosophy, give "True Detective" a different style, which makes this series so unique. We have never expected a drama to bring us so much. For this fast-food TV drama market, when we are still only asking for logical stories to appear, the screenwriter has already pursued a higher level. . Cold and arrogant, alienated, and high-spirited, we are deeply immersed and unable to stop, relying on our lines to create a sense of mystery and emptiness, and conspiracy theories are just like this. The screenwriter transplants this kind of nihilism to the leading actor Luster, and mumbles the gloomy philosophy through the mouth of the wounded Luster to mutter to himself, the charm of Luster's role is infinitely magnified.
The image style of "True Detective" is another unique feature. The yellowed retro film picture coincides with the retro detective method in the play. While other crime detective dramas are taking the high-end technological route, "True Detective" has returned to the traditional detective method of finding physical evidence and visiting. The decaying scene of Louisiana was captured by the photographer. While paying attention to the characters, the camera also focused on the geographical environment and regional culture that caused such a tragedy. Decayed factories, dilapidated churches, damp swamps, and gloomy forests all make the occurrence of the case seem to go with the flow. The presentation of several surreal shots in the film makes the series contain deeper meanings. The phantom of religious symbols presented by the flock of birds in front of Raster in the early stage of the investigation of the case shows that this symbol is a key clue to the solution of the case. In the last episode of the black hole illusion, Luster walked out of the demon of her daughter's death. If Luster had been alive as a walking dead before this, Luster finally bathed in the sunshine of life.
Regarding role modeling, "True Detective" allows us to see the outstanding performance of actors. In fact, in the beginning, many fans were chasing dramas under the famous names of Cass Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrison. Matthew’s performances in recent years are obvious to all. "Newsboy", "Killer Joe" and "Sludge" have been It was an eye-opener for film critics, and "Dallas Buyers Club" helped him win the Oscar actor for his first nomination, and Matthew's popularity also boosted the ratings of "True Detective". Woody Harrison, a veteran dramatist, also contributed to his unrelenting performance. Martin, he played, is a normal role setting, a policeman who enjoys in time, and has gone through a family crisis. Of course, the script is more biased towards Rast, and the setting of madness has more room for display and audience. In the plot setting where everyone is drunk and I am alone, Luster has become a godlike existence. It's like a dark and silent night sky, broken by the light of a lone star. After the evil forces intervened and the case was "closed" in an accident, Luster insisted on looking for the real culprit almost obstinately, without any help and support, and even became the number one suspect himself. Under the circumstance that I thought I was crazy, with the attitude of searching for the truth and finding out the real murderer, he took the risk. After more than ten years of hard work, he was repaid and obtained key evidence.
What is rare is that when we pay attention to the development of the case, we also pay attention to the heart of the characters. In the drama, the audience not only experienced the excitement in the process of investigating the case, but also saw the humanistic care in the drama. "True Detective" does not blindly attract the audience by relying on exquisite plot settings, but gives the two protagonists full personality charm. Luster's daughter died. She worked as an undercover agent for 4 years and worked as an anti-narcotics police. His sad past caused brain damage and was prone to hallucinations. Luster is very gloomy and dissatisfied with reality. He looks through the world and looks at this filthy world. He is full of philosophy of life, so that Martin, who is partnering with him, is very disgusted. In fact, Martin is the most considerate of him compared to other people. . Martin is a smooth career in his career, with a more traditional policeman image. Work and family put him under a lot of pressure. Pinching flowers has become a way for him to reduce stress, which inevitably promotes the further disintegration of the family, separation and reunification. He finally ended in divorce. In "True Detective", we don’t see Gao Daquan’s image creation. Everyone has advantages and disadvantages. We see the tragedy in everyone, and we empathize with each other and strengthen the experience of the drama. This is another success of this drama. A big factor.
"True Detective" uses a two-line narrative, and the last two sets are one line. The state police investigated Luster's bizarre behavior, and asked Luster and his old partner Martin, who parted ways with him, and Martin's ex-wife to inquire. Ever since, a case full of corruption was spread out in front of the audience. These are two timelines. As the parties tell, time gets closer and closer, and the two timelines naturally merge into one timeline. It is worth noting that there are sometimes discrepancies between the narratives of the parties and the reproduction of the real scene, which shows that the story is trying to cover up this period of history, but the audience can see the real situation at that time in the plot scene of the scene reproduction in the play, so as to clearly tell the story. The author’s intention to conceal this period of history, I was impressed that both Luster and Martin concealed the real scene of their killing of Ledu at the time, and Martin’s wife concealed the real reason for Luster’s angry beating of Luster.
The end of the episode is still brighter than the darkening treatments at other times. Although the evil forces are still there, and the big guy behind the scenes hasn't come out yet, Luster's illusion when he is dying makes his mind finally out of the ashes. This is the best ending for the audience. When watching this play, I always feel the helplessness and cruelty of reality. The "people who least need psychological consultation" are always repelled from the margins of society, but the most brutal black hand remains glamorous and graceful forever. The lone star breaks the dark night sky, is it desolation or hope? Last said: "The light has the upper hand."
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