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Perfect marriage. Almost perfect crime.
A seemingly ordinary British couple become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham.
Landscapers
2021 Directed by Will Sharpe
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”It’s not my story to tell.”
What this miniseries pulls off is no easy feat. It juggles tragedy, sweetness, and a cutting sense of humour, while refusing to stand in judgement of its protagonists.
There were so many choices that blew me away. From the expressionism, to the western themes, everything about the show felt like a big swing.
I love the references to High Noon, arguably the most transgressive and morally complex western ever made. Neither protagonist has the clear conscience of Gary Cooper, but they both believe in the morality of their actions.
From the experimental aesthetics, to the western motifs and police investigation, everything about this show felt like a commentary on how truth and lies are both products of construction.
P.S. Just when you think you’ve reached the bottom of Olivia Colemans immense talent she reveals more depth.
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beautiful, weird and and full of normal-looking, miserable British people aka my crack
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if you’re gonna do true crime in 2021, this is the level of commitment to artistic choices I want to see
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There will come a time, very soon I would think, that the wider public will appreciate just how talented an actress Olivia Colman is. Colman has been a star for years, building a body of work that has a touch of everything in it, from bit parts to Oscar winning turns for Yorgos Lanthimos, Colman has turned her hand to every genre, and mixed it up nicely between cinema and television. Emmy's, Golden Globes, BAFTA's, she's won them all, but does she get the credit her achievements deserve? I'm not sure she does, she's up there with the Dames, Mirren, Smith, and Dench, and I fully expect that Colman will surpass them all by the time she's had enough of…
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The world as a whole does not deserve the gift from the acting gods that is Olivia Colman. The reason she might could sneak in and win the Oscar for her work for The Lost Daughter this year and why I feel she should win every award she's nominated for is because she really is the best at imbuing at every single character of hers with a relatability and universality that belies the very complicated and singular characters she chooses to portray.
Amidst her and David Thewlis's tremendous work here is a true story that, if told in painstaking detail like it had happened, would mirror every other dramatized crime show (and true crime doc) in recent memory. Because of…
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Coleman and Thewlis made their escape,
At least that's what they said on the tape.
Thinking of course,
They'd be on a horse,
Riding across the Landscape. -
watching movies and series’ that make me want to lean closer to the screen to catch every detail is the greatest feeling. i just finished landscapers and it was so interesting. the homage to westerns, the dramatisation, how meta it is… when the detective pulled us out of susan’s made-up narrative to walk us across the set to see the scene how she thought it happened was just so mesmerising and makes me feel excited for the future of film and tv.
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I'm not fragile. I'm broken. So no one can hurt me anymore.
OH.MY.GOD.
this is so good 😭👌
the story itself already enganging but the diversity of cinematography and storytelling techniques are something else!!! (thanks to our unstable cinephile, Susan Edwards).
a shout out to the director for presenting an investigation criminal drama with slight comedy become feels so unique and compelling. the switching scenes, the shots, the writing details, the allegory, the emotional burst and etc is amazingly captivating and oh the performances! im out of word about the two main characters who carried this series super super well. overall, this is a WOAH. -
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If Fargo set a season in England, this would be it.
Written by Mr. Olivia Colman himself, Ed "He's gonna cry, I'm not" Sinclair, Landscapers is a quirky true crime series that peaked with a near-perfect interrogation episode (Episode 2), a showcase in acting, writing, directing, and production design, but ended with a big western of a finale that, while understandable, almost upended the whole thing with its uber-quirkiness.
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