Many thanks to an amazing team for the HBO adaptation of Olive Kitteridge! They did a wonderful job. Here's a terrific short video about the "making of."
Star and executive producer Frances McDormand, writer Jane Anderson, and director Lisa Cholodenko discuss how they brought the miniseries' complicated characters to life.
The HBO miniseries adaptation of Olive Kitteridge debuts Nov. 2 with Parts 1 and 2, and Parts 3 and 4 on Nov. 3.
“In literature, the unreliable narrator gets all of the attention—though far more interesting a creation is the truly unlikable narrator, to say nothing of one the reader still identifies and empathizes with, deeply. Such an animal is Olive Kitteridge, the heroine of Strout’s eponymous follow-up to her justly praised Amy & Isabelle. ”
Main Street, Port Hope, Maine.
Image used under Creative Commons from Flickr user Kiril Strax
There's an incident that occurs that's based on something that really happened.… It was very interesting to me, because as a citizen, I mean, it's a reprehensible act, and I was very interested in what do we do as a society about that? What laws do we use, or what services do we use, you know, how does society respond to let people know this is not going to be tolerated.
—Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout: "The Burgess Boys: A Novel" Interview by Diane Rehm The Diane Rehm Show April 1, 2013
Elizabeth Strout discusses Olive Kitteridge, Amy & Isabelle, and Abide with Me, as well as how she got started and narrative voice. Interviewed by Magdalene Brandeis, faculty coordinator at Stony Brook Manhattan.
A story is only going to become a story when it finds its shape. And voice. For me, it can't be planned.
—Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout Interview Interview by Magdalene Brandeis mfawriting: Stony Brook Southampton MFA Program in Writing and Literature YouTube channel January 18, 2011
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