Official The Third Day Thread
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Watching this now
Never heard of this
I'm lost as hell
Wtf is going on?
Is this dude dead and this is the after life?
Never heard of this
I'm lost as hell
Wtf is going on?
Is this dude dead and this is the after life?
'Nomadland' wins Venice Film Festival's top prize
'Anything could happen': Jude Law teases 12-hour live episode of HBO's 'The Third Day'
PATRICK RYAN | USA TODAY | 1 hour ago
For Jude Law's latest role in "The Third Day," the actor has to stay in character live for 12 hours, while being filmed in one continuous shot. (Sept. 11)
AP
Jude Law is about to enter his own version of "The Truman Show." Or maybe "Survivor."
'Nomadland' wins Venice Film Festival's top prize
'Anything could happen': Jude Law teases 12-hour live episode of HBO's 'The Third Day'
PATRICK RYAN | USA TODAY | 1 hour ago
For Jude Law's latest role in "The Third Day," the actor has to stay in character live for 12 hours, while being filmed in one continuous shot. (Sept. 11)
AP
Jude Law is about to enter his own version of "The Truman Show." Or maybe "Survivor."
Honestly, no one knows what, exactly, is in store Oct. 3, when Law and a group of actors will congregate on a remote British isle for a live 12-hour episode of their new HBO series "The Third Day, which premiered this week and airs Mondays (9 EDT/PDT).
The psychological thriller follows a grieving father named Sam (Law) who rescues a young girl and returns her home to the mysterious Osea Island off the coast of Essex, England. He soon finds himself stuck on the island after the tide comes in, and is introduced to its creepy inhabitants, who are preparing for an annual festival not unlike the pagan cults of "The Wicker Man" or "Midsommar."
After its third episode, the show pivots to an experimental all-day event, to be filmed in real time and broadcast uninterrupted online and on the U.K.'s Sky Arts channel. Pre-COVID, the idea was for members of the public to travel to the island, where they could interact with the actors and immerse themselves in the story. (The series was co-created by Felix Barrett, whose theater company Punchdrunk produced the popular "Sleep No More," an immersive riff on "Macbeth.")
Sam (Jude Law) finds himself trapped in HBO's "The Third Day," which co-stars Naomie Harris ("Moonlight").
ROBERT LUDOVIC/HBO
But given social distancing concerns, the audacious episode is now limited to the "Third Day" cast, along with members of the Punchdrunk company, scattered across the island.
"We are still confident that it will feel like an event," Law tells USA TODAY. "We're all getting more and more used to experiencing things online, through our TV screens, our tablets and phones. The original idea was that we would continue the drama that plays out after (Episode 3), about this festival and these sort of rites of passage. And we'll be there doing that as such, just without 2,000 (visitors) witnessing it. But the islanders will be there, and it's also plays strangely into the narrative of the piece, which is that the island is very exclusive and closed off."
Paddy Considine, left, and Emily Watson co-star as unsettling villagers on Osea Island, which is steeped in eerie rituals and traditions.
LIAM DANIEL/HBO
The "Third Day" miniseries is split into three parts: "Summer," "Winter" and "Autumn," the middle section and the only live portion of the show. ("Summer" and "Winter," which stars Naomie Harris, were filmed pre-pandemic and consist of three episodes each.) Like "Sleep No More," the actors in "Autumn" will follow a loose narrative over the course of the 12 hours.
"There is a very clear sense of what happens that day, because it's a day of this festival that the island has followed for hundreds of years, and there are certain stages that (the characters) have to accomplish for it to be a ritual success," Law says. "I've been working on that (storyline) with Felix for the best part of a year or so: talking it through and understanding it.
"But having said that, there are elements I've asked not to know about because I want it to be in the moment and real," he adds. "And there are also elements where anything could happen."
Law and his fellow performers will eat throughout the 12-hour shoot, and meals will be incorporated into the story. Technology, however, will be off limits.
"There won't be any cell phones anywhere," Law says. "I'm someone who quite likes to leave my cell phone as far away from me as possible, as often as possible. So the idea of having 12 hours away from it is my idea of heaven, actually. I don't know that I want to go to these extremes every time I want to put my phone down for 12 hours, but you know."
As for bathroom breaks, "they will probably be played in. I mean, there may be the old pit stop behind a bush if I need to take a pee. But there's no pausing (filming). If you're following Sam, my character, then what happens happens. I don't know that that means cameras follow me into the toilet, but it will be played out in real time. I guess I'm just going to have to control myself."
Peeped this and we are who we are yesterday.So nobody watched this?
I'm gonna watch the first ep in a few.
Fred.
The overhead shot driving down the road between the water is one of the most gorgeous shots I have ever seen on a screen.
Eo was OK. I may have it as a turn my brain off before bed on Monday nights show
'Nomadland' wins Venice Film Festival's top prize
'Anything could happen': Jude Law teases 12-hour live episode of HBO's 'The Third Day'
PATRICK RYAN | USA TODAY | 1 hour ago
For Jude Law's latest role in "The Third Day," the actor has to stay in character live for 12 hours, while being filmed in one continuous shot. (Sept. 11)
AP
Jude Law is about to enter his own version of "The Truman Show." Or maybe "Survivor."
'Nomadland' wins Venice Film Festival's top prize
'Anything could happen': Jude Law teases 12-hour live episode of HBO's 'The Third Day'
PATRICK RYAN | USA TODAY | 1 hour ago
For Jude Law's latest role in "The Third Day," the actor has to stay in character live for 12 hours, while being filmed in one continuous shot. (Sept. 11)
AP
Jude Law is about to enter his own version of "The Truman Show." Or maybe "Survivor."
Honestly, no one knows what, exactly, is in store Oct. 3, when Law and a group of actors will congregate on a remote British isle for a live 12-hour episode of their new HBO series "The Third Day, which premiered this week and airs Mondays (9 EDT/PDT).
The psychological thriller follows a grieving father named Sam (Law) who rescues a young girl and returns her home to the mysterious Osea Island off the coast of Essex, England. He soon finds himself stuck on the island after the tide comes in, and is introduced to its creepy inhabitants, who are preparing for an annual festival not unlike the pagan cults of "The Wicker Man" or "Midsommar."
After its third episode, the show pivots to an experimental all-day event, to be filmed in real time and broadcast uninterrupted online and on the U.K.'s Sky Arts channel. Pre-COVID, the idea was for members of the public to travel to the island, where they could interact with the actors and immerse themselves in the story. (The series was co-created by Felix Barrett, whose theater company Punchdrunk produced the popular "Sleep No More," an immersive riff on "Macbeth.")
Sam (Jude Law) finds himself trapped in HBO's "The Third Day," which co-stars Naomie Harris ("Moonlight").
ROBERT LUDOVIC/HBO
But given social distancing concerns, the audacious episode is now limited to the "Third Day" cast, along with members of the Punchdrunk company, scattered across the island.
"We are still confident that it will feel like an event," Law tells USA TODAY. "We're all getting more and more used to experiencing things online, through our TV screens, our tablets and phones. The original idea was that we would continue the drama that plays out after (Episode 3), about this festival and these sort of rites of passage. And we'll be there doing that as such, just without 2,000 (visitors) witnessing it. But the islanders will be there, and it's also plays strangely into the narrative of the piece, which is that the island is very exclusive and closed off."
Paddy Considine, left, and Emily Watson co-star as unsettling villagers on Osea Island, which is steeped in eerie rituals and traditions.
LIAM DANIEL/HBO
The "Third Day" miniseries is split into three parts: "Summer," "Winter" and "Autumn," the middle section and the only live portion of the show. ("Summer" and "Winter," which stars Naomie Harris, were filmed pre-pandemic and consist of three episodes each.) Like "Sleep No More," the actors in "Autumn" will follow a loose narrative over the course of the 12 hours.
"There is a very clear sense of what happens that day, because it's a day of this festival that the island has followed for hundreds of years, and there are certain stages that (the characters) have to accomplish for it to be a ritual success," Law says. "I've been working on that (storyline) with Felix for the best part of a year or so: talking it through and understanding it.
"But having said that, there are elements I've asked not to know about because I want it to be in the moment and real," he adds. "And there are also elements where anything could happen."
Law and his fellow performers will eat throughout the 12-hour shoot, and meals will be incorporated into the story. Technology, however, will be off limits.
"There won't be any cell phones anywhere," Law says. "I'm someone who quite likes to leave my cell phone as far away from me as possible, as often as possible. So the idea of having 12 hours away from it is my idea of heaven, actually. I don't know that I want to go to these extremes every time I want to put my phone down for 12 hours, but you know."
As for bathroom breaks, "they will probably be played in. I mean, there may be the old pit stop behind a bush if I need to take a pee. But there's no pausing (filming). If you're following Sam, my character, then what happens happens. I don't know that that means cameras follow me into the toilet, but it will be played out in real time. I guess I'm just going to have to control myself."
Just read this article.
So the 4th ep is shot in real time for 12 hours? And Jude Law has to stay in character no matter what?
That alone sounds like elite tier fukkery but I wish the public would've been able to interact with this.
Fred.
Adam3000
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wtf? i was thinking about watching this show but that 12 hour live episode is a huge turnoff. Will never watch it. How will we know if we miss important events?
Sounds like self indulgent nonsense, like Sham Lessmail came up with the idea
Sounds like self indulgent nonsense, like Sham Lessmail came up with the idea
This is unravelling to what I hoped The Leftovers would be.
the entire time.
visualsTheColi ain't got no love for this series? TheColi ain't got no love for Utopia and Dennis Kelly records?
Majestyx
Duck Season
I’ll check this. This could be a cool complementary watch to Raised by wolves
choc_cardigan
Squad
Between the playoffs and 2020 I haven't had the time to dive in on this, will start this weekend