Director Cary Fukunaga On Conjuring The Louisiana Noir Of "True Detective"

Director Cary Fukunaga talks about moving from Jane Eyre to the dark world of HBO's new series True Detective, on the importance of the classics and his next project with Idris Elba.

First he rode on top of boxcars hundreds of miles through Mexico to observe the migrant experience depicted in his 2008 debut feature Sin Nombre. Then he mounted a lush 19th-century costume drama adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's gothic romance Jane Eyre. Now director Cary Fukunaga switches gears yet again to explore the low lore and landscape of Louisiana in HBO's gripping new crime series True Detective, which debuts January 12.

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