Season 1 tells its 1995 case mostly through what device?

Voice-over readings from the official case file

The two leads being interviewed about it years afterwards

A journalist's tape recordings of the suspects

Courtroom depositions given at a trial

Mahershala Ali has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor. One came for Moonlight. Which picture brought him the other?

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

It was filmed with hidden cameras and non-actors

It was staged as one continuous six-minute take

It was shot entirely from a helicopter

It was performed backwards and then played forwards

The midnight sun of high summer

The spring breakup of the sea ice

The weeks-long polar night, when the sun never rises

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Real trivia about True Detective: the making of each season, the careers of the actors who led them, and the writing behind the cases.

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