Hinterland / Y Gwyll

[Dave2002]

I hadn't realised they'd shot it twice, so thank you for that.

I'm not sure now that they did - see ferney's comments and my replies. It's possible that some parts (audio in particular) were done differently resulting in two versions, but on reflection that might not actually have been necessary.

I did read somewhere a while back about how it was produced, and the language issues.

Rapid backtracking - there were indeed multiple takes - according to articles such as the one mentioned in the article pointed out by vint.
I did read something along those lines some while agao. They may not have done this for all the series though.

[Dave2002]

.... AND has a little snippet of Gundula Janowitz for extra good measure.

I didn't identify Gundula Janowitz particuarly - could it have been anyone else - I just don't recognise her voice instinctively - but I think you mean the lovely soundtrack about 4 mins 04 seconds into the Youtube.

Beautiful!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I didn't identify Gundula Janowitz particuarly - could it have been anyone else - I just don't recognise her voice instinctively - but I think you mean the lovely soundtrack about 4 mins 04 seconds into the Youtube.

Beautiful!

- the Duet Sull'aria...che soave zeffiretto from Act Three of Figaro. The wonderfullest Gundula with Edith Mathis and the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin conducted by Karl Böhm.

[Richard Tarleton]

Just finished series 3 last night on catch-up - a quite outstanding three series. I had no idea what to expect in the last episode - was expecting more jeopardy for Mathias, but it all fell into place. A noir mid-Wales indeed - so much of the action at night, bleak landscapes, so many grim hillbilly-ish characters eking out their grimy lives in ramshackle businesses, contrasted with lovely rural mansions inhabited by wicked people, and the constant, brooding presence of Devil's Bridge in the story if not on screen. Really great cinematography, acting and casting, some fine performances and strength in depth - for example the widow in the penultimate episode. Will there be another series?

[vinteuil]

Just finished series 3 last night on catch-up - a quite outstanding three series. I had no idea what to expect in the last episode - was expecting more jeopardy for Mathias, but it all fell into place. A noir mid-Wales indeed - so much of the action at night, bleak landscapes, so many grim hillbilly-ish characters eking out their grimy lives in ramshackle businesses, contrasted with lovely rural mansions inhabited by wicked people, and the constant, brooding presence of Devil's Bridge in the story if not on screen. Really great cinematography, acting and casting, some fine performances and strength in depth - for example the widow in the penultimate episode. Will there be another series?

... so glad to see you have a better opinion of it than in your #4 -

It's a funny thing - I've absolutely loved the other recent/current Celtic/Nordic fringe series, Shetland, but for some reason this just hasn't appealed at all, in spite of trying. ...

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[Richard Tarleton]

... so glad to see you have a better opinion of it than in your #4 -

Indeed - I gave it another go, urged by my neighbour, and was hooked. I know the landscapes mostly to drive through - I once had to limp back from Shropshire through "Hinterland country", if that's not a tautology, in a faulty 4x4 which finally gave up the ghost in the hills above Aber, with little battery or signal in my mobile, so I felt the brooding presence in the landscape most acutely. I knocked at a house whose occupants could have been cast members and was able to use their phone, most reluctantly on their part.....I made the rest of the journey home courtesy of Land Rover rescue.....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I once had to limp back from Shropshire through "Hinterland country", if that's not a tautology, in a faulty 4x4 which finally gave up the ghost in the hills above Aber, with little battery or signal in my mobile, so I felt the brooding presence in the landscape most acutely.

Spooky! My car's starter motor had a crisis of identity in the Car Park at Strata Florida Abbey. "This is what I bought a Mobile for", I thought - not a glimmer of a signal! (I didn't have to knock on strangers' door, however - the nice lass in the "Shop" let me use the landline.

I think it's a bit like Colne - you're perfectly safe until you hear the banjo.

[Richard Tarleton]

Off-thread, I resolved a long time ago to have nothing to do with any make of car which does not come with a full-sized spare wheel. Those space-saver spares or useless foam repair kits increasingly standard, Ford and others you know who you are. The combination of being stuck in Hinterland country with no phone signal and no spare best avoided. FWIW I stick to Peugeots