“I've found that all weak people share a
basic obsession - they fixate on the idea of satisfaction. Anywhere you go men
and women are like crows drawn by shiny objects. For some folks, the shiny
objects are other people, and you'd be better off developing a drug habit.”
This neo-Western
by Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of HBOs True
Detective series is big on bleak observation and long on heart. It is no spoiler
to say that it is the saga of a Galveston loan shark enforcer called “Big
Country” who on the same day he receives a fatal diagnosis has rumblings that
his unsavory employers have less than ideal plans for his already truncated
future.
There are
big themes here, redemption being one of them. A very fine example of what can
be done with old ingredients.
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