Jodie Foster interview in advance of True Detective: Night Country
January 8, 2024 12:48 PM Subscribe
The Guardian interviews Jodie Foster in advance of her starring role in HBO's upcoming (14 January) True Detective season 4 (NYTimes, ungated, archive). Here are•some•reviews. The trailer.
My apologies. I promise not to comment further. However
posted by evilDoug at 1:52 PM on January 8 [2 favorites]
posted by evilDoug at 1:52 PM on January 8 [2 favorites]
I am interested in seeing what the show is without that Nic character.
posted by MonsieurPEB at 3:10 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]
posted by MonsieurPEB at 3:10 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]
Yeah, there's nothing actually supernatural in any of the seasons. S1 has characters who believe in supernatural things, but that's it.
I am looking forward to this, esp. given that it is woman-centred and woman-authored and woman-directed.
posted by Saxon Kane at 3:18 PM on January 8 [4 favorites]
I am looking forward to this, esp. given that it is woman-centred and woman-authored and woman-directed.
posted by Saxon Kane at 3:18 PM on January 8 [4 favorites]
Yeah, there's nothing actually supernatural in any of the seasons. S1 has characters who believe in supernatural things, but that's it.
Well, S1 also features a character who pretty clearly sees things that would be supernatural if they were real, culminating in a great big black hole in the sky in the last episode, but I feel like the show as a whole comes down fairly definitely on the side of this being the character's hallucinations, not objective reality.
And yes, Issa López is pretty awesome, I'm really looking forward to seeing what she's going to do with this. The trailers look very promising.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 4:18 PM on January 8
Well, S1 also features a character who pretty clearly sees things that would be supernatural if they were real, culminating in a great big black hole in the sky in the last episode, but I feel like the show as a whole comes down fairly definitely on the side of this being the character's hallucinations, not objective reality.
And yes, Issa López is pretty awesome, I'm really looking forward to seeing what she's going to do with this. The trailers look very promising.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 4:18 PM on January 8
This appears to contain at least 25% "The Terror" S1 by weight and I am here for it.
posted by Johnny Assay at 6:35 PM on January 8 [4 favorites]
posted by Johnny Assay at 6:35 PM on January 8 [4 favorites]
The essence of “True Detective,” Orsi said by phone in a recent interview, “is the way in which the horror genre is encapsulated within the detective noir narrative.”
Does this describe s2? I only saw the first couple of episodes, and it looked like a city politics/crime story.
The quote does work with s1 and s3.
posted by doctornemo at 7:01 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]
Does this describe s2? I only saw the first couple of episodes, and it looked like a city politics/crime story.
The quote does work with s1 and s3.
posted by doctornemo at 7:01 PM on January 8 [1 favorite]
This has some really elegant notes about what it means to act, though it does some misgendering, and overemphasises some non binary stuff in a weird thing
posted by PinkMoose at 12:04 AM on January 9
posted by PinkMoose at 12:04 AM on January 9
>> Does this describe s2?
You are mistaken. There is no season 2 of True Detective, they skipped straight to 3.
posted by Molesome at 7:59 AM on January 9 [6 favorites]
You are mistaken. There is no season 2 of True Detective, they skipped straight to 3.
posted by Molesome at 7:59 AM on January 9 [6 favorites]
Makes me think the interviewer hasn't actually seen the other seasons.
They also seem unaware that one of the three main characters in Season 2 was a woman. The days when The Guardian's arts writers bothered to check their facts are long gone, I'm afraid.
posted by Paul Slade at 11:31 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
They also seem unaware that one of the three main characters in Season 2 was a woman. The days when The Guardian's arts writers bothered to check their facts are long gone, I'm afraid.
posted by Paul Slade at 11:31 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
I'd like to see this do well if for no other reason than work for Jodie Foster. Being a TD fan from season 1, I'd also like to see a good show. I thought S3 was an attempt to get back to the original idea which happened to be done well, with some standout performances doing the heavy lifting. This S4 has on the surface that kind of potential that S1 had, but I'd like to see it live up to that.
That said, I feel more of a The Thing vibe than anything else. And I don't know how comfortable I'd be with JF in front of my camera.
posted by Sphinx at 12:01 PM on January 9
That said, I feel more of a The Thing vibe than anything else. And I don't know how comfortable I'd be with JF in front of my camera.
posted by Sphinx at 12:01 PM on January 9
I hope JF being involved pushes the writers and everybody else to do something, er, real. She has two Oscars!
posted by rhizome at 4:47 PM on January 9
posted by rhizome at 4:47 PM on January 9
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"like the other True Detectives, a tale of the supernatural that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense but still offers a highly enjoyable ride"
Makes me think the interviewer hasn't actually seen the other seasons. As far as I remember, only season one has something even approaching supernatural elements, and they're pretty easy to handwave away if you want.
posted by Joakim Ziegler at 1:33 PM on January 8 [8 favorites]