True Detective - How Matthew McConaughey Perfected Rust Cohle

Season 1 of true detective is one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. Absolutely top tier

...and then you realize that Woody Harrelson's performance was just as good, and this is some of the best acting that's ever been put on screen.

His single take scene during the robbery in the ghetto was probably one of the best uncut scenes I have seen

I don't think I've ever seen a more perfectly cast show or movie. Matthew and Woody nailed their performances

There was a time when True detective, Early Walking Dead, Early Game of Thrones, AND Breaking Bad were all airing at the same time…..my goodness how we have fallen.

I liked how when Rust hears "time is a flat circle" from the first killer, he responds with something like "what the fuck is that, Nietzsche?". Implying that it sounds vaguely familiar to him, but he's unsure of why. Then later when he says the same phrase to the interrogators, he follows it up with a fleshed out explanation. Now the implication is that "time is a flat circle" stuck with him, and in the interim period he has reflected on and researched it. This so subtle it borders on trivial, but it tells you a lot about the sort of person he is.

I Wish I could erase my memory so that I can watch S1 of True Detective for the first time again. That season was not a TV series,it was a movie. An Oscar-winning,8 hour long movie divided into 8 episodes. Nothing was left undone: the actors,the cinematography,the plot,the lines,even the music and the environment surrounding the characters was put there for a reason. God-tier TV series, thanks to her I grew up emotionally and now I'm definitely better than the person I was before the show

I think his performance is so good you don’t even recognize it’s McConaughey, just an insanely layered character

Rust Cohle is, in my humble opinion, the greatest fictional character to ever exist. He feels real, edgy, organic. I never once thought it felt like a performance. Just a deeply complicated and wounded man fighting his demons. Beautiful video, thank you for the amazing upload for this absolute legend of a character!

McConaughey did give a brilliant performance in 'True Detective'; there were no 'poor' performances but, his did stand out. Possibly because his character was so closed at the beginning, there was no other way it could go. Regardless; it was absolutely a career-defining role. The first season of TD was so much more than just a mystery, or a police procedural. It had all the hallmarks of a marvelous Southern Gothic tale, and held references to works, not widely appreciated. Well-done, all around. :)

Marty (pointing to the video tape): “You shouldn’t have that.” Rust: “No one should have this.” Such a chilling moment.

"World needs bad men, we keep the other bad men from the door". Great video. Watched season one about 10 times now, the thing i love the most is that the characters are so deep, well written and greatly played by Woody and Matthew that the show becomes a drama more than a crime story (wich also is very good). Gives me chills EVERYTIME i see a picture of it. My favourite show of all time, of course.

I think true detective may be one of the best things I've ever watched. An 8 hour film with two top actors at the top of their game. And this performance and the character are fascinating and incredible. This is one of the peaks of the medium. Maybe THE peak.

As an actor, you dream of being able to fully embody the life of someone else and in all honesty, this is probably the best complete performance of a character of all time. With ONE season, you are taken through the journey of grief and how it manifested in one talented detective. It’s a masterpiece and masterclass of a performance.

Rust is my absolute favorite role he’s done. I’d hate to say it’s a performance he’ll never touch because that’s unfair to him but I can’t see it being surpassed.

hands down the best thing to be ever filmed for ‘TV’ .. the writing . the philosophy . the acting . the comic relief . the cinematography .. pure genius!

Matthew McConaughey managed to create one of my favourite TV characters of all time (right there with Walter White and Tyrion Lannister). Pure genius

Matthew McConaughey's performance in season 1 of True Detective is hands down the best performance ever put to film.

The moment when Marty figures out that the new coat of green paint is the direct link and Cole says F@ck you man', is for me an incredible way to show his respect for Marty, a great detective also, I smile everytime in this little but beautiful interaction..

What I think was really clever about choosing to use The King in Yellow as a framing device for S1 of True Detective is that it naturally invites viewers who are familiar with Chambers’ literature to draw a connection between the cultist killings and the madness it induces upon Rust as a character, and whether this is due to his naturally inquisitive nature or whether something genuinely supernatural is at play. In the same way that the play itself drives others to madness, this case drives Rust to the absolute brink because his obsessive nature means he just won't quit.