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Why Netflix’s ‘Godless’ is the Western you’ve been waiting for
Los Angeles Daily News ^ | November 17, 2017 | Rob Lowman

Posted on 11/17/2017 12:44:04 PM PST by EveningStar

...For “Godless,” executive producers Casey Silver and Steven Soderbergh took Scott Frank’s 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...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailynews.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: godless; jeffdaniels; michelledockery; miniseries; netflix; scottfrank; tvprogram; western
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To: heterosupremacist

I knew it! “with a contemporary edge” = lez


61 posted on 11/17/2017 4:33:46 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: fortheDeclaration

I knew it II. “with a contemporary edge” = town only populated by women


62 posted on 11/17/2017 4:34:27 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: marktwain
Lesbian all woman fantasy town is an “old fashioned western "with a contemporary edge." Those are the key qualifiers that I knew would make this a real stinker.
63 posted on 11/17/2017 4:36:52 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Hildy

“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.


64 posted on 11/17/2017 4:41:28 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: central_va
"female gun slingers" --> "old fashioned western with a contemporary edge"
65 posted on 11/17/2017 4:42:38 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: x
Many, many refugees from Harvey Weinstein. The next town over is made up of guys who escaped Kevin Spacey.

LOLOL! Beautiful.

OK, what happens when the two towns get together for a square dance?

66 posted on 11/17/2017 4:44:01 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: sparklite2

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.


67 posted on 11/17/2017 4:48:19 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Open Range wasn't the western about the Chinese prostitutes. You're thinking about Broken Trail.

Both films starred Robert Duvall however.

68 posted on 11/17/2017 4:48:57 PM PST by Texan
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To: Texan

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.


69 posted on 11/17/2017 4:53:26 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Hot Tabasco

Do you have a blu-ray player?


70 posted on 11/17/2017 4:56:54 PM PST by EveningStar (I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
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To: EveningStar
Do you have a blu-ray player?

Yes but it's only connected to my TV in my bedroom.......Why do you ask?

71 posted on 11/17/2017 5:12:36 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Open range was very good as well.


72 posted on 11/17/2017 6:59:41 PM PST by Hildy
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To: Hugin

Yes, men greatly outnumbered women.


73 posted on 11/17/2017 7:03:27 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Some blu-ray players can connect to Netflix, once you’ve registered online.


74 posted on 11/18/2017 7:29:14 AM PST by EveningStar (I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
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To: EveningStar

Thanks, I’ll look into it


75 posted on 11/18/2017 9:54:25 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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