Luck: HBO series: David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Mann

I just love Milch's writing. It's like otherworldly Shakespeare, in that it takes you a bit to get into the rhythms, etc., but once you do, you feel much more connected to it. You have to PAY. ATTENTION. I like that he doesn't seem concerned with realism in his dialog at all, but it also seems like whatever the style becomes, it will have its own consistency, and therefore will become more comfortable/decipherable for the viewer over time.

so this pilot ain't on HBO Go?

no shockingly!

probably cos it was a sneak preview deal

mordy i can't seem to reply to you on facebook, but i'm okay waiting

its on teh torrents just fyi

holy cow that horse run very good.

Pilot is Michael Mann, though, right? I wonder who they got to direct the other eps. Probably called Walter Hill off the bench again, I hope.

that horse run very good

from the sound of things Mann was heavily involved throughout

Since it's an HBO drama, the rest are probably directed by Tim van Patten, Allen Coulter, and company.

And a quick look at IMDB gives the directors of the subsequent episodes as Terry George, Allen Coulter, Philip Noyce, Brian Kirk, Henry Bronchtein and Mimi Leder

I found the incessant use of music on the pilot incredibly annoying and the starry casting a bit distracting. Didn't really feel any real Milchian zing in the dialogue. A little underwhelmed all round.

possibly just me but i found a couple of the accents incomprehensible

dustin hoffman was amazing i thought

looked fantastic of course

not much of a starry cast, i thought? just nolte + hoffman and both had really subtle performances imo

Jose Yero's accent takes some close listening.

Was pretta hypes to see Richard Kind show up. He could be in every show and movie and i probably wouldn't complain. But yeah, somewhat underwhelmed by this. Deadwood came out swinging, it announced itself. So many memorable moments all these years later from that pilot. I'm not at all sure what this is going to be after the first episode.

that cajun can pump

music for the last race btw, knew i recognized it from somewhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut20H-r9HiM

i just rewatched this, it is amazing

finally watched this, I think I liked it, kinda felt like a high end csi miami, i thought he speed and power of the horses way portrayed really well

didnt feel that mannish tho

or that milchish either now that I think abt it, tho the degraded milieu as single organism will prob reveal itself as the show goes on

jockey girl is cute

horse execution was sad

hoffman provoked the suspicion of the boss guy via dictaphone in order to lay a guilt trip on him, p deft, looks like hes out for revenge

yeah this looks like it's gonna be p sweet

yeah I didn't think there was that much of a Mann feel to it either. and I think the pilot is the only one he actually directed in the first season

I'm willing to bet the visual palette he established, esp. w/ regards to the horse-racing scenes, will be stuck to pretty closely.

jockey girl is cute

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she has a lot of sex in rome season 1

i think I watched most of that but dont remember anything, who was she

yeah i was trying to think who she played cuz damn

http://img.poptower.com/pic-43585/rome-hbo-tv-show.jpg

did it with an old lady and her brother iirc (i do recall correctly)

wait hang on

no i'm right. had a moment of total panic then when i thought i'd misremembered who she had sex with.

lol

a GIS of her is nsfw

i like the ridiculous camera movement and big sound when hoffmann throws his chair back, and then his confused old man thing when he realises he's torn his buttons

yeah the whole tone of the show was v unusual

a curious cable drama, if you will.

is it actually on HBO yet?

starts next sunday the 29th

the pilot is on on-demand now tho (at least on nyc cablevision)

Just noticing that not only is the pilot on three times in a row on Sunday night, it is on ever HBO channel except for HBO Family on Monday night at the same time.

every*

god i haven't been able to write 'ever' or 'every' properly all day today.

have you every

ever time i tell you

Wish HBO Family had an alternate version, with just the horses.

couple of Dai1y Rac1ng F0rm articles people might find interesting (disclosure - this is where I work)

Milch interview
http://www.drf.com/news/new-drama-luck-reveals-racing-milch-sees-it

Character bios and some of the real-life people who inspired the characters
http://www.drf.com/news/hbos-luck-cast-characters-real-life-inspirations

they are really pushing this as of late, lotta advertising

yeah it's on pretty much every bus and subway tunnel here. TV ads ran during the Golden Globes.