Nic Pizzolatto about True Detective - how he wrote ALL THREE Seasons

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Nic Pizzolatto about his inspiration, youth, his passion for literature and writing, and how he approached his process of creating True Detective (Season 1 - Season 3). He's interviewed by Oscar winning Writer/Producer Nick Vallelonga ("Green Book") in this amazing conversation about the art of storytelling.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - 01:25 Introduction
01:26 - Background and Upbringing
02:40 - I was a visual artist...
04:00 - In UNIVERSITY...
05:25 - I started publishing short stories.... and I was a reader
06:10 - What I really loved was story... I had the sense the world ran on stories
07:50 - The DEPTH of your writing ...
09:15 - I did always like the Police & Crime Drama
10:15 - What do I need to do to become a showrunner?
11:15 - But I WAS HUNGRY
12:58 - My idea for the novel...
15:23 - It was a conscious design by you.... to break into the tv/movie business
16:10 - What interesting about all three seasons...it was like I was reading a book...
17:05 - It came so easy.. within those restrictions you can do a lot of really interesting stuff
18:43 - I tend to direct on the page but it seems to work for the actors
19:40 - When I write action ... I write every beat of that action
20:55 - How did you get TRUE DETECTIVE up and running ?
29:27 - Yea... cuz it's MINE... we're only going if I am the SHOWRUNNER
30:10 - Showrunners get fired all the time... as a creator, actors are your best advocates
32.00 - How was your relationship to the DIRECTOR?
33:00 - Season 2 with a lot more cooks in the kitchen
36:09 - Season 3 how did you come up with the STORYLINE
40:00 - "He's gonna forget he solved it.... but what he's gonna gain is himself"
43:00 - Watching Season 3 for me... You brought it all together
47:34 - Your choice of an actor
50:23 - That was entirely Mahershala Ali's extremely meticulous performance
53:26 - WHAT is your PROCESS?
58:50 - "Very special moment" .... "I liked that the DETECTIVE had to go and asked the lost girl..."
59:39 - AFTER three noir tv shows and living in degrees of darkness...
1:00:35 - I have new projects with actors attached
1:03:00 - What kind of advice would you give aspiring storytellers and writers?
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15 июн 2024

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@donvonfilms2937 9 месяцев назад

The first season of True Detective is my favorite television series of all time. It's amazing.

@buckleygeneration Год назад

I love that Nic P does the classic thing of mixing up Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton. Frailty was a great movie.

@josephsu95 Год назад

I resonate so much with this guy, been painting/drawing all my life but also a huge movie/story and lore lover. Always looking up the lore of video games, didnt like horror movies but only the story about the bad guy or the monster and how it got there. Just started writing and finished my first story, its like the gates have openend and i have 3 more book/movie ideas that i want to write. I hope one day one might make it to the big screen

@NavdeepSingh-qf5eb Год назад

Welcome to the club mate. If you are in Denmark, gimme a shout. I've started working on my dream ✨️😁

@enterthebruce91 Год назад

Nic Pizzolatto is great! I wrote the 1st episode of a TV series while I was in university just as True Detective season 1 was coming out, had no idea how much I'd love the show! I really hope TD Season 4 is great, even without Nic Writing it. I'll never write for HBO but I enjoyed writing a cohesive story even if no one ever sees it and maybe I'll write a novel one day. Fantastic interview, thanks for sharing.

@berlinseries888 Год назад

thanks for watching :)

@lander.96 8 месяцев назад

I respect and admire this man. True artist.

@berlinseries888 8 месяцев назад

TRUE ARTIST

@sherececocco 5 месяцев назад

Nic is not afraid to ask for what he wants because he knows what he wants. Very rear in this world. Season 2 killed me in the last episode. I also felt special.

@MrLESLO 4 месяца назад

Much respect for Nic, and great interview. I've watched season 1-3 twice now and love all 3. I don't understand why people criticize season 2 instead of applaud it, it had a much more complex story than the first season and the writing, characters and acting were great. Season 3 is fantastic, if not better than the first season. I think in time season 2 will be appreciated a lot more than it was at the time, especially since season 4 has gone off the plot completely and is nothing like 'true detective'. People don't know what they're missing until it's gone. :(

@berlinseries888 4 месяца назад

Yes Nic is a BEAST, also S2 is great!

@creatrpro 4 месяца назад

I could listen to their view on the art form and knowledge and opinion about the craft forever - both are great, wonderful interview

@hollywooda111 8 месяцев назад

TD Season 1 is a absolute masterpiece.

@berlinseries888 8 месяцев назад

it really is

@ibrahimf-5189 Год назад

s2 is my all time favorite. a californian noir, a greek tragedy, a buddhist awakening all at the same time. ıt deserves much better. colin farrell lived his role.

@berlinseries888 Год назад

well put! it was stunning indeed

@ibrahimf-5189 Год назад

@@berlinseries888 ı wish you would talk about s2 a bit more because mr. pizzolatto is in complete silence about it for years. so ı think that season will remains as a mistery and its a shame because ıt a so solid story in its core, about fatherhood and legacy, justice and retribution and most importantly redemption. but this talk is also wonderful. ı think mr pizzolatto becomes much more optimistic person and ı really enjoy his best self.

@berlinseries888 Год назад

@@ibrahimf-5189 come to berlin to enjoy festival , we we will talk about everything, including S2

@zackbrown5717 Год назад

Me personally s2 was not as great as s1! Was good but not quite as good as s1

@berlinseries888 Год назад

@@zackbrown5717 did you watch s3?

@williamb8091 Год назад

What a beautiful ending to a great conversation!

@stardestroyer6272 Год назад

My eye was instantly caught by Nic's artwork in the background (left side) it appears to be the cover art to Ken Wilber's book "The eye of spirit" I'm a fan of all this. Thank you for sharing ❤

@berlinseries888 Год назад

thank you! happy we bought these two together ;)

@danielrusteau8896 Год назад

Amazing interview!!!

@joeb5765 Год назад

Fantastic interview. Series 2 is insanely underrated. Green Book is also a great film. Very re-watchable.

@berlinseries888 Год назад

absolutely agree :)

@TheEnderBand 7 месяцев назад

Love the Hilma Af Klint piece on the wall- her work was incredible

@berlinseries888 7 месяцев назад

yes, Hilma af Klint created great art paintings

@aylinocal6091 Год назад

Great talk , love Green Book and True Detective!

@USALibertarian 4 месяца назад

Thanks for a great interview. FYI the audio technology is excruciating when people interrupt eachother.

@LSChestersMom Год назад

This is so inspiring....I have a script I am working on and this is so helpful. David Milch is my hero and gave me some great thoughts on my script and it is a treasure to me.

@berlinseries888 Год назад

Thanks!

@stephanusferdian6376 Год назад

Incredible! Legends at work!

@berlinseries888 Год назад

glad you like it :)

@andreasgrantrags Год назад

Thank you for sharing this!

@berlinseries888 Год назад

thank u for watching :)

@nikosmp9796 Год назад

One of the most interesting conversations I have watched lately! Thank you!

@berlinseries888 Год назад

Thanks :))

@rschneider77 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for uploading this! ❤

@berlinseries888 7 месяцев назад

happy you like it , appreciate it!

@J0mama8 Год назад

Awesome Mr.Nick! My mom says hi!

@kevindeanschrooders Год назад

Amazing interview

@berlinseries888 Год назад

both of them are amazing

@tuto7447 Год назад

Thanks you.

@munch314 22 дня назад

Season 2 was great.

@giancarlodr.iodice1701 9 месяцев назад

keep up the good job it's ...

@BetweenTheFog Год назад

Such a great storyteller. A bit bummed we are not getting TD #4, though I am happy we still have future Nic projects to look forward to.

@stephenandrews5530 Год назад

Season 4 called, Night Country is coming this year though. Nic Pizzolatto is not involved anymore, but i really look forward to it. Set in Alaska, and with Jodie Foster playing on of the detectives so hopefully it will be good.

@BetweenTheFog Год назад

Wow! Thank you. Jodie Foster and True Detective seems to be the perfect mix that should have already happened...

@berlinseries888 Год назад

@@BetweenTheFog We hope it's going to be great too, no doubt that Jodie Foster is a great actress

@d-evilmc 9 месяцев назад

He's such a good story teller that when he starts talking your instantly taken away and picturing what he's saying.

@berlinseries888 9 месяцев назад

SUCH an AMZING ONE!!

@opusculo8009 4 месяца назад

I really love true detective. But listening to this guy, he sounds like he is too in love with himself. I don’t know, I maybe wrong, but that’s the vibe I get.

@CobblesteinSwobblepop 2 месяца назад

Whoa whoa whoa... "some dragon movie" we're talking about Reign Of Fire here bud!!!

@phalliccc Год назад

Mark Frost should have a convo with Nic at some point, since Twin Peaks has had such an obvious impact on what Nic does

@fgoindarkg 9 месяцев назад

'Time is a flat circle". Hands up everyone who knows what that means.

@ludvanbeethoven1 Год назад

Which documentaries is he talking about around the 15:16 mark? Can’t make out the words due to poor audio quality

@joeb5765 Год назад

He is talking about a documentary film maker called Errol Morris. Morris has done many docs throughout his career but I suspect he is referring to The Thin Blue Line. Masterpiece. Generally considered one of the greatest crime documentaries ever made.

@fgoindarkg 9 месяцев назад

That movie got a wrongfully convicted man out of prison. So yeah, how many movies can make that claim.

@ludvanbeethoven1 9 месяцев назад

Not many, I’ll be sure to check it out. Thanks

@berlinseries888 Год назад

@thetruththewayandthelife803 Год назад

Bring back rust cohle

@berlinseries888 Год назад

absolutely AGREE

@thetruththewayandthelife803 Год назад

With the story something like .. Marty's family get taken by the bigger sprawl ..police and government apart of the sprawl ..Rust and Marty save the day 😂

@berlinseries888 Год назад

@@thetruththewayandthelife803 ha!

@ru4realzzz 10 месяцев назад

nic pizzolatto's 'a prophet' 2023 reamke, please and thank you!!!

@J0mama8 Год назад

Its crazy to think this guy was my mom's first boyfriend

@Dapryor Год назад

Who’s your Mom?

@gleam6370 Год назад

Not you lying

@fgoindarkg 9 месяцев назад

Did he steal her from someone else too?

@J0mama8 9 месяцев назад

@@gleam6370 Bro i wish i was 💀

@J0mama8 9 месяцев назад

@@fgoindarkg ,,,,,,HAHAHAH

@DukeBluedevil70 Год назад

He hit Ctrl+C then Ctrl+V.

@courtneygillespie1187 Год назад

I want to work with him.

@berlinseries888 Год назад

Many would love to , fingers crossed!

@courtneygillespie1187 Год назад

@@berlinseries888 he's brilliant if he did the stooges movie It would be a masterpiece 👌

@fgoindarkg 9 месяцев назад

Keep your pockets zipped.

@mikehalsey9299 8 месяцев назад

Well for season 1 he simply bought some Alan Moore comics and literally copied the ideas and in one case an entire page of dialogue.

@spoiler321 Год назад

For a guy who uses words he sure seems to have trouble using words

@berlinseries888 Год назад

Hi! We don't really get what you are trying to say?

@drewdrewson1384 Год назад

How could you not ask Nic about Epstein!

@BearIslandComics 9 месяцев назад

Seems like a pretty exhausting dude to be around

@dannyt4663 6 месяцев назад

I enjoy true detective but yeah, he can’t seem to stop himself from constantly talking over the other Nick lol. Kind of frustrating being around someone who has so much to say they have no room for you

@Throwingness 8 месяцев назад

The writing and show was great but the Reddit tier Atheism ruined it.

@Gofaw 4 месяца назад

it's crazy how so many people were woo'd by Rust's lines about atheism and religion. Goes to show that all it takes is a great delivery of dialogue, not what the dialogue actually says. He never says much more than "life sucks, we should no longer exist" or "haha religious people dumb, science better"

@i.k5143 Год назад

Stop interrupting your subject for Christ sake.

@Intimatycal 8 месяцев назад

"The dept of your writing..." hahah.. dude became a fucking saint; i just wonder did anyone of these people who are prone to glorify the creator of true detective - did anyone of them read like, you know, anything? True detective is well crafted tv show, dont get me wrong, with rushed few last episodes, but for an educated man - there's nothing new, the "awe" mostly comes from the pleasant way its structured and fine-tuned with lots of contrast-positions.. for ignorant masses, lines from it are revelations... i wonder what would happen if anyone of them starts reading Nietzsche or Shopenhauer, Dostoevsky...

@eg4441 6 месяцев назад

you could be positive for a moment and think maybe this is how someone ends up seeking those figures out. looks at art that came before it. expands their knowledge. people get exposed in different ways

@jfrsnjhnsn Год назад

He didn't "write" this series. He assembled it from sampling other people's novels and movies. He's a klepto.

@cogd1599 Год назад

That's called writing. Everything we think or do is inspired by something else. Ha, what did you think writing was? Inventing something out of thin air that no one in the thousands upon thousands of years of human existence had ever considered before??

@fgoindarkg 9 месяцев назад

He stole dialogue and scenes from me. It was good stuff.

@xensonar9652 8 месяцев назад

Can you prove that?

@Gofaw 4 месяца назад

@@xensonar9652 yes

@meshzzizk Год назад

39:31 yes, that is exactly why this season was so disappointing and anticlimactic. I’ve honestly never been so let down by a finale. The character isn’t developed in depth, it doesn’t work as a character drama, it’s written like a noir mystery but all the genuinely mysterious, intriguing bits turn out to be red herrings and in the end we just get the most predictable of all possible endings and the big twist is that the protagonist…just forgot he’s already solved the whole thing and there was never anything more to it. It’s not interesting or profound because the show doesn’t set us up to relate to the detective on a fleshed our human level, it’s written like a spooky potboiler - so the ending registers as pure bathos

@Mr---mr4ll Год назад

For me the scene were rust quits, as he’s walking out the door he sort of utters under his breath “fuck this world man” but it’s the way he said it. It was like fuck now I know what this guy is all about. He’s so exhausted by the cluster fuck that is human society. The disappointment in that delivery was the eureka moment for me .