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Prisoner of Tide and Tide: "The Third Day" takes a familiar, but so beautiful, path

If you’ve ever seen a work in your life about places shrouded in mystery, turmoil, and distorted reality, the new HBO suspense drama starring Jude Law will probably not shake your world.

Still, "The Third Day" may be so good that it's hard to take your eyes off it.

Every element in it is an artistic victory

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Ido Yeshayahu

Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 12:00 p.m.

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Trailer for the mini-series "The Third Day" starring Jude Law (HBO)

Somehow September 2020 became the month of Dennis Kelly.

The American version of one of the British screenwriter's most notable works - and one of the great series of the previous decade - "Utopia", arrives on Amazon Prime Video next week, while today HOT, yes and Cellcom TV's new mini-series he created, "The Third Day", co-produced American HBO and British Sky.

Tempting and very requested to compare the two series, especially since they both also boast the same director, Mark Manden.

And of course, there are similarities, but the differences outweigh the parallels.

"Utopia" unfolds an original and thought-provoking story about a group of people who expose a conspiracy to dilute the world's population.

"The Third Day" is characterized by a rather worn premise, a three-episode mystery thriller that is divided into several parts.

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Spectacular photo that squeezes a beautiful location.

Jude Law, "The Third Day" (Photo: PR)

The first, "Summer", follows Sam (Jude Law), a man who finds himself in a strange town on an island off the British coast, populated by residents with unique traditions and secrets - or one collective secret - and not sure if they are asking for his evil or for him.

The third, "Winter," focuses on Helen (Naomi Harris), a woman who arrives with her two daughters in the same town months later and encounters the same enigmatic bizarre, while the town's residents seem to be in internal dispute.

Each of these stories counts three chapters and stands on its own with a beginning, middle and end - but still there are connecting threads between them.

Between these two parts there is another segment which is basically what sets the “third day” apart and makes it, at least in structure, an original work.

But it is also irrelevant to most viewers of the series: "Autumn," a one-off theatrical event that will air in London after the first three episodes air, and in England will air on October 3rd.

As part of it, Jude Law will return to his role along with others in the cast for a plot that takes place over the course of one day and will be transmitted in real time.

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Why do the residents alienate her?

Naomi Harris, "The Third Day" (Photo: PR)

One can cautiously guess that this part is not really important to the whole.

HBO has sent five of the six episodes for review, and although there is a gap in our knowledge between the summer and winter events, the series is slowly bridging it.

I mean, this is her part as a series of mysteries - knowledge gaps.

So beyond that, "The Third Day" is a series that will probably not shake your world if you've ever seen a work in your life about places shrouded in mystery, turmoil and the depths of reality - "Twin Peaks", "Lost", "Dead City" and Priest and Priest.

Kelly is careful to construct the plot as a detective story, scattering clues through which one can guess - and often score - where they will lead.

What are these people hiding?

Why are there ceremonial animal shelters scattered throughout the island?

Who's trying to harass Sam?

How did he lose his little son?

What really happened and what is really happening?

Why are the residents alienated below?

Again, we have been in such stories, we know which incidental sentences to pay attention to, which weakens the effectiveness of such and other twists.

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Excellent.

Emily Watson, Paddy Considine, "The Third Day" (Photo: PR)

However, this is not really critical in the end: "The Third Day" may be so good that it is difficult to take your eyes off it.

Every element in it is an artistic victory.

The game is excellent and surpasses the clichés of the genre, especially with Emily Watson ("Breaking the Waves") and Paddy Considine - who play the couple who own the hostel where Sam is staying - and Jude Law himself.

The series really employs him, mentally and physically.

He is forced to squirm in strange positions of tying, trying to shuffle in rising water, often chasing a mysterious child who flickers in the distance (as mentioned, a worn premise).

The sound editing deserves every award - conveys the slight murmur of cricket jumping and the horror of deafening noise as you try your best to keep quiet.

The spectacular photography subtly squeezes out the stunningly beautiful location, combining wild nature with meticulous and impressive scenery, helping the mystery to magnet and the town to become an enigmatic entity.

An unpaved winding road leads to the island, which is at the mercy of the tides.

Only when the sea is fading can you get in and out of the island - a few hours each time scattered throughout the day - which of course intensifies the feeling of imprisonment and helplessness.

Even if we do not remember much of the "third day" after it ends, it will be difficult to forget the celestial whips, in every sense, of this road in the heart of the sea.

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The road leading to the island at high tide and low tide.

"The Third Day" (screenshot)

We may not remember "The Third Day" years from here as it does with "Utopia," but its lush orchestration masks some of the shortcomings it still has.

Makes it an example of how even a battered story can become an impressive work and often a witch.

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