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

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.

Im going to Santa Anita this weekend to celebrate

ad running during justified, which is a smart buy

Im going to Santa Anita this weekend to celebrate

haha nice, are you playing the "Sunshine Millions Luck Pick Six"

they really are going all out with the tie-ins

SA has some good races Saturday

dmr tell us abt yr relationship to the horse racing world

theres a fucking bikini contest tomorrow. lucky for all involved its gonna be like 85 degrees out.

I enjoyed this!

So, I've been shooting a longterm project at another SoCal racetrack for a couple of years now. Should I feel delighted or irritated that the sport is back in the public eye? I'm no Michael Mann, but I have some pretty sweet race shots.

Stills a little on the soft side, but there you go:
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4098/4888023969_421b518f7c.jpg
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4096/4888023021_e89108ba30.jpg
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4097/4888626158_affba24668.jpg

what is this all abt, tel

tell us of the racing

I've just been documenting the track and the people that go there, really. I don't know what it will be or is "about". Track is right next to LAX , takes up a hugely outsize parcel of real estate given how little money it makes and has been rumored to be demolished for a few years now. So I've just been hanging out during racing seasons, accumulating footage, talking to people, etc.

I actually don't do a lot of betting but I am still a "Gold Card" holder, haha. I get offers in the mail, cheap beers and such.

can u explain the structure of a pick six, its some sort of knockout pool no

What the show sort of confirmed for me is the sense I get of this being every bit the subculture it seems to be. I don't claim to understand the majority of the pageantry, ritual and lingo involved but race fans capacity for this stuff amazes me.

xp - I think so? Or some kind of accumulator?

From what I see, the majority of the jockeys and trainers are Latino, not sure if this goes for the owners and breeders too.

yeah i was v v confused about how a pick six works, but also i can't understand how craps work either

It's certainly strikingly different to the idea of what horse racing is in the UK, though I've never actually been to Santa Anita or the Kentucky Derby or any of those things. Would love to go.

adamrl otm: i've only been to the race track a few times, only bet on a few races and p much broke even, but hanging out, drinking bloody marys with buddies, and just soaking up this totally weird and foreign vibe that is at the same time toally american and familiar was super fun and way more interesting than i had expected

yah the track is kinda magical ime, tho ive only been a few times too

its really a trip getting excited when everyone else around you gets excited, and then looking around in the same instant and seeing dozens of crestfallen or outright enraged people

thinking abt it the pilot really did capture that heighten energy well didnt it

Yeah, I think that is the abiding memory of the track for me. That it is this regular cycle of almost 30 mins of really quite boring, humdrum ritual followed by two minutes of rising tension/excitement/disappointment that ends in a furious ten seconds of screaming...then starts all over again. I want to do a wide shot where I just train my camera on the crowd for the duration of a race and watch their reaction. Love it when you get these huge, lumbering guys jumping up onto their seats to watch the finale.

^^all this otm but you forgot the alcohol part

and hot dogs