David J Loehr joins Moisés to discuss FX's Fargo and The Strain, along with what makes (and has made) TV compelling as a "novelistic" art form. Is the approach of these new shows very different from Homicide: Life on the Street?
SPOILER WARNING: If you have not seen seasons 1 & 2 of House of Cards, there's a big spoiler in the Strain Q&A clip.
Special guests by way of ATX Television Festival Q&A recordings include Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse, Keith Carradine, Allison Tolman, Noah Hawley, and Warren Littlefield.
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Panelist
- David J Loehr is playwright-in-residence at Riverrun Theatre, radio playwright-in-residence for The Incomparable, and is @dloehr
Special Guests
Guillermo del Toro co-created The Strain with Chuck Hogan, and for nearly 20 years, he has directed, written and produced thought-provoking, "weird" movies including Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, and Hellboy.
Carlton Cuse is currently producing and overseeing more TV shows than you likely have fingers with which to count.
Keith Carradine is a cinema legend who's been in everything from Ridley Scott's The Duellists to David Milch's Deadwood.
Allison Tolman might be newer to the screen acting scene, but her performance as Molly in Fargo is one of the best of 2014, bar none.
Noah Hawley is a novelist and writer beyond his duties as Fargo creator/showrunner. He wrote on over 20 episodes of Bones.
Warren Littlefield is Executive Producer on Fargo as well as the former head of NBC, where he originally tried developing Fargo as a series.
Show Notes and Links
The Strain is available as a trilogy of novels (The Strain, The Fall, and The Night Eternal).
Season 2 of Fargo is going back in time!