vandaemon-332-601346
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What on earth would posses serious actors like Bryan Brown, Erik Thomson and even momentary Susan Sarandon (let alone Sean Penn .... credited as Daniel Day-Lewis!!!!) to be involved in this absolute piece of s**** is an utter mystery.
The only interesting thing about this fiasco is how to summarise it: unmitigated garbage; incoherent crap; cringe worthy cross between "Dr Stranglove" and "Dumb and Dumber"? Ultimately the only question which remains after sitting through this piece of adolescent mental diarrhoea is : What were they smoking?
My review was too short, so I have to add some more characters but what on earth do you say about something as pointless as this what-ever-that-was?
Avoid at all costs!
The only interesting thing about this fiasco is how to summarise it: unmitigated garbage; incoherent crap; cringe worthy cross between "Dr Stranglove" and "Dumb and Dumber"? Ultimately the only question which remains after sitting through this piece of adolescent mental diarrhoea is : What were they smoking?
My review was too short, so I have to add some more characters but what on earth do you say about something as pointless as this what-ever-that-was?
Avoid at all costs!
Deadloch works on two levels, with homicidal mayhem on one side and satirical mayhem on the other. The two aspects coexist surprisingly well. The whodunit is a reasonably well crafted puzzle, with a confused field of possible perpetrators narrowing until close to the reveal, with at times massive red herrings, misdirection, deception and other standard devices of the genre. Cluedo is referenced more than once.
The comedic element is what actually raises the series to a higher level, as anyone familiar with McCartney and McLennan's work would expect. The humour is however probably rather Australian. We have a particular flare for good-natured mockery (and a love of creative, frequent swearing) which Deadloch delivers in spades. Calling it a "feminist noir comedy" is a clue to what's actually going on, as well as (incidentally) a link to the denouement and quite a noir joke in its own right.
Sections of the Australian public are currently obsessed with culture wars and / or correctness in a myriad of forms. So it's difficult at times to know whether it's OK to laugh at things we're presented with here by the Kates, for fear of being inappropriate or worse! It is this obsessive correctness which Deadloch mocks mercilessly under the guise of a whodunit.
Stunning cinematography by Katie Milwright and Simon Ozolins, together with Amanda Brown's eerie musical score leverage the southern Tasmanian location to generate an oppressive noir feel, relieved only at the end by a beautifully lit waterfall. It would be interesting to see how a second season set in Darwin (if that is the suggestion) could make use of a similarly evocative, yet totally different location.
The comedic element is what actually raises the series to a higher level, as anyone familiar with McCartney and McLennan's work would expect. The humour is however probably rather Australian. We have a particular flare for good-natured mockery (and a love of creative, frequent swearing) which Deadloch delivers in spades. Calling it a "feminist noir comedy" is a clue to what's actually going on, as well as (incidentally) a link to the denouement and quite a noir joke in its own right.
Sections of the Australian public are currently obsessed with culture wars and / or correctness in a myriad of forms. So it's difficult at times to know whether it's OK to laugh at things we're presented with here by the Kates, for fear of being inappropriate or worse! It is this obsessive correctness which Deadloch mocks mercilessly under the guise of a whodunit.
Stunning cinematography by Katie Milwright and Simon Ozolins, together with Amanda Brown's eerie musical score leverage the southern Tasmanian location to generate an oppressive noir feel, relieved only at the end by a beautifully lit waterfall. It would be interesting to see how a second season set in Darwin (if that is the suggestion) could make use of a similarly evocative, yet totally different location.