The Shadow Line
May. 20th, 2011 10:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloThree episodes in- and it's fairly clear The Shadow Line isn't going to illuminate the human condition or tell us things we needed to know about the way we live now. What it is going to do is keep us guessing. Is Jonah a good cop or a bad cop? Is he faking his amnesia? Who killed Harvey Wrattan and why? What is Gatehouse up to? Who is Glickman? Is Joseph as nice as he seems? What does the title- borrowed from Conrad- actually mean? Are we in this world or- as Gatehouse's omniscience suggests- some Ashes to Ashes-type purgatory? Why is Rafe Spall channelling David Walliams? Every situation is a mystery, every character a mask.
It looks good. It borders on the pretentious. It's really quite exciting. The acting is a treat.
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Date: 2011-05-20 07:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-20 07:08 pm (UTC)His Ninth Doctor is an inexcusable gap in my knowledge of pop culture. I loved him in Alex Cox's Revengers Tragedy (2002).
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Date: 2011-05-20 07:26 pm (UTC)Yes, I liked him in The Revenger's Tragedy too. He chooses his roles with care. He was in Shallow Grave with Ewan McGregor- and I was surprised at the time that it was McGregor who went on to be the movie star- because I thought Eccleston dominated that film. I guess Ewan is prettier. Still I'd rather have Eccleston's CV any day...
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Date: 2011-05-21 12:29 am (UTC)I'm loving the sound design more than the cinematography (which is almost too stylish): perfectly understated and unusual sound cues, such that one almost expects them to be unrelated ambient sound, like traffic or wind. Sometimes no sound at all, like in the chase scene. Fun!
Re: Eccleston
Date: 2011-05-21 08:30 am (UTC)