HBO’s “The Last of Us” dances between terrifying post-apocalyptic scenes with zombie-like creatures known as clickers and intimate moments between Pedro Pascal’s Joel and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie.
Cinematographers Eben Bolter and Ksenia Sereda, who captured some of the show’s most compelling and visual spectacles, will be up for Emmys in the Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera (One-Hour) Series category.
HBO has confirmed that Bolter, who filmed episodes 3, 4 and 5, will submit the third episode, “Long, Long Time.”
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Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett in “The Last of Us”
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The flashback episode is named after Linda Ronstadt’s song, which features prominently. Hailed as one of television’s most extraordinary episodes, much of the story focuses on the nearly 20-year relationship between Joel’s fellow smugglers, Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett).
The episode was written by Mazin and directed by Peter Hoar (“It’s a Sin”) and captures the full arc of Bill and Frank’s deep connection and follows how their relationship unfolds in this post-apocalyptic world.
Meanwhile, Sereda will submit the first episode. Sereda also filmed episodes 2 and 7.
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The first episode starts in 1968 with a talk show. In a conversation that seems eerily reminiscent of the coronavirus pandemic, the interviewer asks the scientists if there should be any concerns about a global pandemic spreading through travel habits.
The virus in question is a deadly fungus.
Events become apocalyptic several decades later. It’s Sereda who sets the visual foundation for the series, capturing both the environments and the thrilling action sequences as Joel goes on the run and the fight to survive begins.