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Landscapers begins with the opening words:
- “In 2014, Susan and Christopher Edwards were convicted of murder and sentence to a minimum of 25 years in prison
To this day, they maintain their innocence.
This is a true story.”
The couple – portrayed by Olivia Colman and David Thewlis – come across like any other dysfunctional couple, as they live in a horrendous run-down flat in Lille and love movie memorabilia, plus old black and white movies, as well as Gerard Depardieu.
However, it’s 2014 and for whatever reason he feels necessary, Christopher feels compelled to spill the beans to his sister about the fact they murdered and buried Susan’s parents in a garden in Nottingham, 15 years earlier.
But are just mere words enough? Daniel Rigby plays the cop in charge of this investigation, and his staff don’t like him much because he swears like a trooper at them, but even if the police find the bodies, can they be pinned to Christopher, given that they’ve been there for all this time?
So far, I’ve only seen the first of four episodes. It’s interesting, but not brilliant and rather just plodding along. However, so far, it’s like watching 1/4 of a film. Hence, I will certainly see where this goes.
Landscapers also has a weird filming process, as if it’s been shot in Anamorphic Panavision, but somehow translated from 2.35:1 to 16:9. In fact, there’s many oddities in the filmmaking here, such as when one person sends an email to another, they’re shown delivering it face-to-face.
Landscapers begins on Sky Atlantic tomorrow at 9pm, although like a lot of Sky Atlantic shows, it actually begnis at 2am tonight/tomorrow morning. All episodes will be available from tomorrow. It’s not yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD.
Episode 1: 5/10
Episode 2: TBA/10
Episode 3: TBA/10
Episode 4: TBA/10
Director: Will Sharpe
Producer: Katie Carpenter
Writer: Ed Sinclair
Music: Arthur Sharpe
Cast:
Susan Edwards: Olivia Colman
Christopher Edwards: David Thewlis
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