He finished
True Detective: Night Land
,
starring
Jodie Foster .
There were 6 episodes that, although many find it difficult to accept, had points in common with the first season, with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
That season of the original HBO series is considered the best of all.
It was Jodie Foster herself who paired
True Detective: Night Land
with
The Silence of the Lambs
.
Before moving on to the comparisons, similarities and differences of the characters he played, let's see what he said.
In an interview with
Collider
, Foster said that her characters Liz Danvers and Clarice Starling couldn't be two more different people.
“They are totally different, except that they are complex and have a lot of duality and many layers.
Those two things have in common.
I thought about that very quickly, from the beginning, when I read the script.
I felt right away that there would be some comparisons to
The Silence of the Lambs
, but I stuck with it because they both have this creepy universe that comes from this place that is anxiety, and that's what fuels horror and thrillers.
Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling in "The Silence of the Lambs" and Detective Liz Danvers in "True Detective: Night Land."
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It is also a reflection of the inner workings of the characters and what they are going through.
In some ways,
The Silence of the Lambs
is the grandfather of
True Detective: Night Land
.
I feel proud of that.
And I feel like the audience benefits from having that little wink like, 'Oh, I remember her from
The Silence of the Lambs
.'"
True Detective: Nightland
is Jodie Foster's first television acting role since the 1970s. What convinced you?
She was excited by the narrative potential of season four.
But what is most remarkable and true is that Foster's characters in
The Silence of the Lambs
and
True Detective: Night Land
each have unique motivations in their investigations.
We all know this isn't exactly the first time Foster has taken on the role of detective at the center of a multiple murder investigation.
The actress won her second Oscar as a leading actress for her performance in
The Silence of the Lambs
as Clarice Starling, the rookie FBI agent who enlists the help of Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in her search for serial killer Buffalo Bill.
Jodie in "The Silence of the Lambs" and the reflection of Hannibal Lecter...
And Jodie Foster has played two strong, determined detectives.
Set in the town of Ennis, Alaska, during the “long night” stretch of New Year's Eve,
True Detective
explores the aftermath of the murder of Annie K. (Nivi Pedersen), an indigenous woman who disappeared years before. that the eight bodies of men working at the Tsalal Research Station were found.
When Annie's severed tongue is found at the station, questions about what really happened come first.
Danvers is called in to investigate along with her partner, police officer Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), but a history of conflict between the two forces them to conduct separate investigations.
While Danvers is a much less emotional protagonist compared to Clarice Starling, the thought-provoking investigations in
True Detective: Night Land
and
The Silence of the Lambs
are quite similar.
And while other performers tend to repeat themselves when it comes to playing similar characters, the big differences between boss Liz Danvers and Clarice Starling show Foster's incredible range as a performer.
Liz Danvers is more cynical than Clarice Starling.
Maybe because of her age?
In both cases, in the series as in the movie, Foster plays a determined, brave character who has the responsibility of protecting an entire community.
In
The Silence of the Lambs
, it is the young women vulnerable to Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), and in
True Detective: Night Land
it is the natives who are forced to confront the violence that has shaken their community.
But are Clarice and Carol ready to solve their cases?
Clarice and Carol's Approaches
The two take different approaches when it comes to research.
In the series Foster plays a character who is openly hostile to any suggestion that there is a supernatural component to the disappearances of the scientists, or of Annie K. She has seen enough and suffered enough personal tragedies that she does not need to fantasize to explain them.
Similarly, Starling's approach to conducting interrogations with Lecter is impressive: she is willing to treat him like a person, not a monster.
And in both productions Foster demonstrates how prioritizing procedure and logic are key to unlocking cases that seem baffling to other investigators.
Jodie and Anthony Hopkins, in one of their interrogations.
But more than 30 years have also passed between the film and the series, and that perhaps, perhaps, in one of those, leads to Danvers being a more cynical character than Starling due to her age.
There are, of course, marked differences.
Clarice, being a rookie, an FBI trainee on a criminal case, has no idea what it's like to hunt down a serial killer.
And she doesn't have it easy: she must deal with state bureaucracy, and every time she meets Lecter, her hands must sweat.
Liz is different from Clarice: she is argumentative and rude to anyone who dares to approach her.
Although Danvers is a much more skeptical character than Starling, Foster shows how if both protagonists succeed it is thanks to their qualities.
Starling conducts herself with complete professionalism during her sessions with Lecter, but Foster shows how Starling's personal desire to free Buffalo Bill's victims is what motivates her.
She understands that her sense of empathy is not a weakness, but rather what sets her apart from other FBI agents.
Danvers is the exact opposite.
She is argumentative and rude to anyone who dares to approach her.
But the handicap that both Jonathan Demme's film and the series have is that Jodie Foster shows that there is much more to each of the cases than simply solving them, getting to the truth, catching the person responsible.
For Starling, it's a chance to prove her worth, and for Danvers, it's one last chance at redemption.
Danvers is the opposite of Starling, his vulnerabilities are not evident until the case gets underway.