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Post by crowblack on Dec 11, 2021 9:54:52 GMT
I was wondering if anyone on here was watching this? I'm two episodes in, so please, no spoilers, but it's a true crime story that's filmed and performed in away that feels like theatre, even having (in the closing titles of episode 2) footage of the scenery being shifted around. Anyway, it's an unusual approach for TV so thought I'd flag it up on here. It's scripted by Colman's husband Ed Sinclair and directed by Will Sharpe (writer/director of Ch4's Flowers, Giri/Haji and the upcoming Louis Wain film).
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Post by n1david on Dec 11, 2021 10:28:31 GMT
I thought it was rather brilliant. I need to watch it again to get more of the detail. It reminded me of Wes Anderson's work in the cinema in the way that it plays with the way the story is told, crossing several genres and playing with the audience.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Dec 11, 2021 10:42:20 GMT
I've also only watched the first two but I'm really loving it so far. It took a great deal of willpower on my part not to binge the rest last night. Olivia Colman and David Thewlis never disappoint but I'm loving the direction too, and so far the balance in tone really works for me.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Dec 11, 2021 11:23:21 GMT
I was wondering if anyone on here was watching this? I'm two episodes in, so please, no spoilers, but it's a true crime story that's filmed and performed in away that feels like theatre, even having (in the closing titles of episode 2) footage of the scenery being shifted around. Anyway, it's an unusual approach for TV so thought I'd flag it up on here. It's scripted by Colman's husband Ed Sinclair and directed by Will Sharpe (writer/director of Ch4's Flowers, Giri/Haji and the upcoming Louis Wain film). It's based on a true story, we know what happens |
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Post by crowblack on Dec 11, 2021 13:45:26 GMT
I was wondering if anyone on here was watching this? I'm two episodes in, so please, no spoilers, but it's a true crime story that's filmed and performed in away that feels like theatre, even having (in the closing titles of episode 2) footage of the scenery being shifted around. Anyway, it's an unusual approach for TV so thought I'd flag it up on here. It's scripted by Colman's husband Ed Sinclair and directed by Will Sharpe (writer/director of Ch4's Flowers, Giri/Haji and the upcoming Louis Wain film). It's based on a true story, we know what happens It's based on a news story from several years ago that I remember the bare bones of, the discovery of the parents' bodies in a suburban back garden, but I don't know the details of how the case unfolded afterwards, the twists and turns, the motives and backstory, and I'm not going to look them up until I've finished watching the series. |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Dec 11, 2021 14:17:55 GMT
It's based on a true story, we know what happens It's based on a news story from several years ago that I remember the bare bones of, the discovery of the parents' bodies in a suburban back garden, but I don't know the details of how the case unfolded afterwards, the twists and turns, the motives and backstory, and I'm not going to look them up until I've finished watching the series. Yeah I'm the same with the story, I was just being a silly sausage |
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Post by bimse on Dec 11, 2021 15:10:24 GMT
I really enjoyed it, from the performances to the brilliant style of production, and the comical elements. The police department were particularly annoying (to me) in a comical way , I wondered if this element was a send up of the many detective series that grace our screens just now? All told , I felt incredibly sad for Olivia Colman’s character , it seems she was let down by everyone in her life .
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Dec 12, 2021 16:29:14 GMT
Finally finished the last two episodes, what a brilliant mini-series. So creative, like nothing I've ever seen before on television. I have so many complicated, conflicting emotions over this couple and I feel I'll have to watch it again to truly grasp where I land on the truth of the situation and also to pick up some of the deeper meaning behind some of the directorial choices, like when and where black and white was used or the decisions to break the fourth wall and things like that, but it was always engaging, always had me thinking and I was very emotional over a couple who very well could be heartless killers out for their parents' money for all I know so I think the show did its job.
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Post by danb on Dec 12, 2021 19:08:29 GMT
I watched the first 40 minutes and couldn’t go on. I found it just too mannered, clever clever and self congratulatory to be watchable. I can normally find something to enjoy in most dramas, but I did not want to get to know these people or their predicaments. I’m off Colman anyway after foolishly watching the appalling ‘The Favourite’ but wanted to enjoy this. I’ll just go back to the far more enjoyable ‘Yellowjackets’ instead. I’m lowest common denominator all the way.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Dec 12, 2021 21:09:09 GMT
I'm in the really enjoyed this camp, excellently done
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Post by crowblack on Dec 21, 2021 21:53:27 GMT
Just finished it (I've been watching it with my mum so waiting to watch it together) and enjoyed it, though I'd have preferred it without the sitcom-style police bits which I felt detracted from the powerful central story. The director's biopic of Louis Wain is coming out soon and I'm really looking forward to it.
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