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Six Feet Under
David Birch-Jones
12/01/2005
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Produced by: Greenblatt/Janollari Studios
Network: HBO
Scheduled: Sunday, 9:00 p.m.
Reviewed on: HBO HD, DirecTV-HD
Channel: 70 and 509
 They had me from the first episode. All the elements of a great series are
here—a superb cast of regulars along with an equally outstanding cast of
occasionals and consistently top-notch writing and directing. From the now
well-known opening scene that depicts somebody meeting their maker, oft times in
bizarre and macabre ways, to the faux direct marketing commercials aimed at
funeral home operators, Six Feet Under has enjoyed critical and commercial
success from the start.
As with other HBO series, the excellent high-def
results come directly from topflight cinematic production values. Of special
note, the lighting design is superb, with interior scenes in the Fisher &
Diaz funeral home suitably dark and shadowy at appropriate times, showing just
how important it is for a viewer to properly optimize their display’s brightness
and contrast settings to get the best result. A dialog-driven show with demure
surround-sound effects, the 5.1 soundtrack is appropriately a front channels
oriented affair.
This is series television at its best. Sadly, this past
season was the final one, but thanks to DVD releases and HBO repeats, SFU won’t
be disappearing from TV screens anytime soon.
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