The director discussed what he'll miss most about this story as the series comes to a close.
The Big Picture This interview contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 6 of Reservation Dogs. There are now only a few episodes left of the small miracle of television Reservation Dogs and, while it is sad to see it go, the series continues to craft its character-driven story with such care that it sets itself apart from most anything out there. Last week, we discussed the otherworldly "House Made of Bongs" episode with director Blackhorse Lowe with how it bent time and space itself.
Especially going into the episode with Lane, too. It is a beautiful thing because I started in Season 1 with the original story, the backstory of Deer Lady with Zahn [McClarnon], when they're taking the turnaround in Season 1 and then go on to Season 2, where you continue to explore him and Big, and then going into Season 3 with this. So, it feels very natural because I've been working with Lane very closely.
LOWE: Within the context of that scene, I never talked to them individually. It was more like a group thing. Of course, Lane I would take off separately because he's the one that's kind of the outlier of the whole group. But in terms of Wes, Gary, and Zahn, it was just like, “We need this moment to swell, we need the crying to happen here,” and all these things.
I can't remember if you've directed an episode where this visual reference has happened, but there's obviously the component of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives being this very interesting looming presence. Had you ever included that in something before, and what was your thought process of how to bring it in, where they're referring to it as it's Bigfoot?” But my mind is immediately like, “I’ve seen that,” and I’ve never seen a TV show lift from this.
LOWE: Definitely The Holy Mountain I put a lot in [for] a lot of each of those episodes; a lot of [John] Carpenter, The Thing, as much as possible; Two-Lane Blacktop, and then a couple of [John] Cassavetes references that plopped in there, especially with the men going out into the woods a lot. I watched Husbands beforehand. So there was a couple of moments I was trying to reenact in there. Especially with like the sci-fi stuff too.
LOWE: It's a sense of community. A lot of those crew members, actors, and other writers, we're all family now. We’ve got each other on short dials, and we have dinner together whenever we’re back in Tulsa. That and we’re always helping each other on each other's projects. Like, I'm working with Migizi Pensoneau in another film and talking with Sterlin about other projects, and then working with Kirk Fox and Zahn about other things.
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