The series’s synthesis of aesthetic, plot, and subtext slowly starts to pull apart in its exposition-heavy second half.
Eastwood’s underappreciated masterpiece makes a stunning debut on Blu-ray with a lack of extras that arguably purposefully bucks any sense of context.
The fragile human body, aging or ailing, has been a favorite theme of director Clint Eastwood at least as far back as 1973’s Breezy.
Earthwork tells a true story that has the potential to compellingly refute the trajectory of most films about struggling artists.
Like his obsessed heroes, Werner Herzog continues to hear the call of the jungle.
It eventually falls back on attempting to elucidate the reasons behind its story’s invasion of the undead with answers neither compelling nor necessary.
The episode feels like a summation of the show’s thoughts on what it means to be mortal.
By episode’s end, the political speeches postponed by Al in the season opener had taken place, but Al paid a price for his defiance.
The women of Deadwood are passionate, fully realized human beings.
As Deadwood has acquired more and more of civilization’s trappings, Merrick has come increasingly to the fore.
It’s strange to think of Deadwood as a life-affirming show, but it is.