Been enjoying this show. After reading a heated online fight between auteurists over whether a single episode of the show can be judged as “a film by” the episode’s director apart from the rest of the series, I gave the idea two seconds’ worth of thought before ruling it total bunk.<\/p>\n
But out of curiosity, the episodes were directed by: Clark Johnson (former Cronenberg effects artist, dir. SWAT<\/em> with Sam L. Jackson), Clement Virgo (movie Rude<\/em> which played Cannes & starred Clark Johnson), our old friend Peter Medak (The Washingtonians<\/a><\/em>, The Ruling Class<\/a><\/em>), Ed Bianchi (Deadwood<\/em>), Joe Chappelle (Hellraiser 4<\/em>, Halloween 6<\/em> and Hackers 2<\/em>), Gloria Muzio (20+ different TV shows), Milcho Manchevski (Criterion-anointed classic Before The Rain<\/em>), Brad Anderson (The Machinist, Session 9, Sounds Like<\/a><\/em>), Steve Shill (Knight Rider<\/em> relaunch pilot, upcoming Beyonce movie) and Timothy Van Patten (star of Master Ninja<\/em>).<\/p>\n I’d love to say that everyone mumbled in the Van Patten episode, screamed in the Medak episode, and lost 50 pounds to appear in the Anderson episode, but it don’t work like that. The true heroes: Written and produced by ex-Baltimore-PD Ed Burns (also Generation Kill<\/em> and The Corner<\/em>) and David Simon (those two plus Homicide: Life on the Street<\/em>).<\/p>\n