hbo miniseries olive kitteridge - cholodenko, jenkins, mcdormand etc

olive is p close to livia, its true

Just watched the 2nd ep and decided that this is too good to be binge watched and am saving the last 2 for the weekend. Was thinking since 6 feet under I haven't seen much of Jenkins but when you look up his filmography he is in plenty of mainstream movies of the last two decades. Olive is a far better written character than Livia Soprano and her misanthropy is still comparatively very charming and witty, as rude as she is her character is constantly otm with her observations, rather than just outright rude.

i watched all four episodes in one sitting somehow and thought it was excellent. thankfully it kinda blurs together so it'll be fresh whenever i revisit it. but really truly loved this.

This was powerful as hell. Good casting of Bill Murray in the last part.

happy 2 see cholodenko recognized :)

deservedly sweeping up all categories

just watched the first segment -- uniformly great acting, esp Jenkins and Zoe Kazan i thought.

"Are you a witch?" "Yes."

as rude as she is her character is constantly otm with her observations,

well telling the truth constantly is a hellish thing to do to people.

I loved everything about this series

The wedding & the home made dress felt like a deleted scene from my family

it took me 1.5 eps to realize that the lifer lounge pianist was Martha Wainwright.

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i didnt even clock her, that's cool

well i wouldn't have, if not for the credits.

The wedding & the home made dress felt like a deleted scene from my family

does that include using pink marker on the d-in-law's white garments?

photographed by Fred Elmes btw (Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, The Ice Storm et al)

kinda, yeah :/

Watched ep 1 with someone who wasn't anywhere near as receptive as I. "I don't like any of these characters." I said "I have correspondence with all of them."

i read the book, it's good, the miniseries is better

there is so much hilarity and sadness in this and some killer dialogue