It's probably no secret that HBO produces the greatest TV serials. You've got the given critical darlings like Sopranos, The West Wing and Six Feet Under, and then you've got the unsung ones like Entourage and The Wire.
Now, I personally can't confess to liking every single HBO-produced show (like, Deadwood? Like, Rome? C'mon). But what the studio has done with Voyeur has simply blown me away. It's basically a bunch of 5-minute clips only viewable online, which center around a New York apartment building. There are eight stories, all interlinking, and each one is told with that HBO trademark of a rich, dense plot with Shakespearean complexities and Hitchcockean intrigue. And, get this, no dialogue (thus sidestepping another HBO hallmark, how gutsy). Which means that we basically stare through windows and watch a wife plot the butchering of her husband, or an elderly couple dance with their underwear, and wonder what they're all on about.
Best of all (to me), you get to pick your soundtrack to match the story, from a list that includes M83, Dean and Britta and Interpol bassist Carlos 'D' Dengler.
It's brilliant. I'm tired of calling HBO shows that (because it's not always true), but this one deserves it.
Link: HBOVoyeur.com
Interpol - Pace is the Trick (from Our Love To Admire) [BUY
]M83 - Safe (from Before The Dawn Heals Us) [BUY
]Dean and Britta - You Turn My Head Around (from Back Numbers) [BUY
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