the metro court was the building at the end of true detective.
the metro court was the building at the end of true detective.
what was the building at the end of true detective?
the metro court
initially, "true detective" first season was due to shoot in arkansas, but pizzolatto later chose to film in louisiana to take advantage of state tax incentives and the area's distinctive landscape: "there's a contradictory nature to the place and a sort of sinister quality underneath it all ... everything lives under layers of concealment. the woods are thick and dark and impenetrable. on the other hand you have the beauty of it all from a distance." principal photography took three months (between 100 and 110 days), from january to june 2013. approximately five minutes of film were shot per day. production staff constructed various set pieces, among them a scorched chapel, joel theriot's tent revival, and the louisiana state criminal investigations division offices, the last of which they built inside an abandoned light bulb warehouse near elmwood. for the dora lange crime scene, the crew filmed exterior shots at a remote sugarcane field outside erath which, because it was partially burned, inspired what digerlando called a "moody and atmospheric" backdrop for the corresponding interior scenes. the scene in which cohle, taking ginger hostage, escapes a housing complex amidst gunfire, was captured in bridge city as a single six-minute tracking shot, a technique fukunaga had employed in "sin nombre" (2009) and "jane eyre" (2011). shot in seven takes, preparation for the scene was extensive and demanding: mcconaughey trained with mark norby to master a fighting style for his character, and the nature of the shoot required a team of stunt coordinators, make-up artists, and special effects crew on hand during its entire course. elsewhere, shooting took place at the old kenner high school campus and nineteenth-century fort macomb, located outside new orleans.
true detective (season 1)
as the nominations for the 66th primetime emmy awards approached, early media reports named "true detective" among several potential miniseries candidates, due to a revision made by the academy of television arts & sciences that recognized film and miniseries content as distinct categories. by march 2014, hbo had submitted "true detective" as a drama series contender, an unconventional move given the show's anthology format and fierce competition from the likes of "breaking bad" and "house of cards". hbo's decision was censured by fx president john landgraf, who remarked to reporters at a press event: "my own personal point of view is that a miniseries is a story that ends, a series is a story that continues. to tell you the truth, i think it's actually unfair for hbo to put "true detective" in the drama series category because essentially you can get certain actors to do a closed-ended series – a la billy bob thornton in "fargo" or matthew mcconaughey and woody harrelson in "true detective" – who you can't get to sign on for a seven-year [regular drama series] deal." nevertheless, "true detective" emerged as a frontrunner heading into the primetime emmy season, and in july 2014, was nominated for twelve awards; its closest rival, "breaking bad", received sixteen nominations. the series ultimately won five emmy awards: outstanding directing (fukunaga), outstanding casting, outstanding main title design, outstanding make-up, and outstanding cinematography.
true detective (season 1)