Issa López Talks ‘True Detective: Night Country,’ The Crooked Carcosa Spiral, Horror Influences & More [Deep Focus Podcast]

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In this episode of the Deep Focus podcast, Playlist Editor-in-Chief Rodrigo Perez talks to Mexican filmmaker Issa López, the writer and director of 'True Detective: Night Country,' the 4th season of HBO's acclaimed blockbuster crime series.

López is the filmmaker behind the acclaimed horror 'Tigers Are Not Afraid,' and she certainly imbues this new 'Night Country' season with frightening chills, eerie spectral vibes, and haunting moods from the nether world.

In her 'True Detective,' Lopez doubles down on all the phantasmal, cryptic, and otherworldly elements of season one, arguing going far beyond whatever creator Nic Pizzaloto did with that inaugural season and yet still staying very true to the spirit of the show.

Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster stars alongside indie actor Kali Reis in a new shadowy mystery that centers on a missing group of scientists who suddenly vanish from their research facility, but also connects to a case of unsolved murders involving many indigenous women of the Alaskan region.

'True Detective' is truly back with the engrossing 'Night Country', and that's pretty much due to López, who is such a commanding cinematic and auteurial voice.

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