Posted on 11/17/2017 12:44:04 PM PST by EveningStar
...For Godless, executive producers Casey Silver and Steven Soderbergh took Scott Franks screenplay, which was originally written as a film, and expanded it into a seven-part limited series for Netflix.
The series is a wild ride, an old-fashioned Western with a contemporary edge. It carries the sweep and breadth of a grand tale with the larger-than-life ornery characters you expect to find living and dying in that rugged, lonely land...
The entire series which plays like a seven-hour movie was directed by Scott Frank from his screenplay. He keeps the tension throughout without over-hyping scenes. Death is bad enough. Using natural light, the cinematography from Steven Meizler, who has filmed for Steven Spielberg and Steven Soderbergh, infuses the scenes with the unease of vulnerability...
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I knew it! “with a contemporary edge” = lez
I knew it II. “with a contemporary edge” = town only populated by women
“Lonesome Dove” it is so good, I DID buy the DVDs. Money really well spent.
“Return to Lonesome Dove” was pretty good, too, but didn’t have the same chemistry as LD without Gus McCrae.
“Open Range” is really good, too. Quite the interesting story about a wagon load of Chinese prostitutes in the old west.
LOLOL! Beautiful.
OK, what happens when the two towns get together for a square dance?
When I lived in Arizona, I really enjoyed reading Zane Grey. For some reason, particularly remember “Under the Tonto Rim,” his book published in 1926 (maybe because I was enamored with the “Mogollon Rim” near where I lived). The book tells the story of a young lady, Lucy Watson, the daughter of a saloon-keeper. After her father’s death Lucy takes a newly created position as Welfare Instructor among a community of backwoods people in Arizona. Not your normal Zane Grey or Louis L’Amour western book. Maybe that’s what makes it special.
Both films starred Robert Duvall however.
Thanks...that was nagging me, but I went with it without checking. Duvall was fantastic in all the westerns he made. I also like all the westerns made by Tom Selleck.
Do you have a blu-ray player?
Yes but it's only connected to my TV in my bedroom.......Why do you ask?
Open range was very good as well.
Yes, men greatly outnumbered women.
Some blu-ray players can connect to Netflix, once you’ve registered online.
Thanks, I’ll look into it
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