Anyone else here obsessed with Deadwood (the tv show)
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:03 am
by esotericmetal
Easily the best TV show ever made. What is sad is that i highly doubt anything else will be able to come close to the same level of quality. It was like reading Shakespeare (which was probably considered just as vulgar at the time). It's a damn shame it was cancelled like it was.
In the show George Hearst is a main character for a season, and his portrayal is fucking awesome (although i can't attest to the accuracy). He comes off every bit as ruthless as you would think, but with complexity as well. I find it interesting that the last notable portrayal of a Hearst was be Welles in Citizen Kane, and he was on the shitlist for pretty much the rest of his life.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:37 pm
by agitprop
I find it gratuitously grosse, but somewhat interesting
great acting, great costumes and sets, great dialogue, great storylines, characters, etc.
David Milch is a crazy and brilliant man.
Re: Anyone else here obsessed with Deadwood (the tv show)
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:28 pm
by MinM
David Milch is close to returning to HBO‘s primetime. The writer behind NYPD Blue. HBO’s Deadwood, John From Cincinnati and Luck has another project that is close to a pilot green light at the pay cable network, where he is under a deal.
HBO’s Michael Lombardo and Richard Plepler addressed the project, which Milch is executive producing with Art and John Linson, during the network’s TCA session today. “It’s a look at a dynastic New York media family, a look at power, the complexity of modern urban life in a classic Milchian voice,” Plepler said.
The script, winch has been in the works for a while, “may go into production soon and we’re talking casting,” Lombardo said. I’ve learned that Justin Chadwick is attached to direct the potential pilot for the project, which is titled The Money.
One thing The Money or any new HBO project won’t feature — animals in a prominent role. “We learned our lesson” with Luck, which was scrapped after multiple horses used on the show died, Lombardo said. “That was a tough experience.”
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:03 am