Random Acts Of Flyness

Name: Random Acts Of Flyness
Genre: Comedy, Variety Shows, Science Fiction, Talk & Interview, Documentary
Released: August 4, 2018
Rating: 83

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Series Details & Credits

HBO | Release Date: August 4, 2018

Summary: The late-night show from Terence Nance will feature a variety of vignettes that include "vérité documentary, musical performances, surrealist melodrama and humorous animation" to explore topics such as death, romance and history.

Genre(s): Comedy, Variety Shows, Science Fiction, Talk & Interview, Documentary, Music

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S3:E2. Random Acts of Flyness 08
Air Date: December 10, 2022
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S3:E1. Random Acts of Flyness 07
Air Date: December 10, 2022

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Critic Reviews

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Richard Brody

Aug 3, 2018

Season 1 Review: Passionately inventive. ... He invents original, yet nonetheless personal, ways of relating collective stories. ... It’s also a work of meticulous composition that highlights the imaginative astonishments, political perspectives, and personal insights that are unleashed by the cinema’s technical power. Nance’s definitive display of effects-driven political fantasy comes in another masterstroke that’s too good to spoil; let me just add--keep watching to the end of the end credits. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Aug 1, 2018

Season 1 Review: HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness is like almost nothing you’ve seen on TV before. ... It switches nimbly between documentary, animation, music and short film to try to capture a reality for which fiction and nonfiction alone are insufficient. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Aug 3, 2018

Season 1 Review: Its meanings are sometimes obscure and sometimes obvious, nearly to the point of being polemical, and most often somewhere in between. But its surfaces are always interesting and splendidly executed. Even the glitches are artfully placed. Read full review

Maya Phillips

Aug 3, 2018

Season 1 Review: The Inception-style meta framing of the show as one featuring Nance being acted by Nance and written and edited and directed by Nance can taste like the particular brand of cheeky self-indulgence favored by film-school art projects, but fortunately it never dips too far in that direction. ... Untethered by genre labels or traditional television formats, Nance’s show translates as something with roots in entertainment television, art house movies, and journalism--an experimental trip into blackness fly enough to post up in a modern-art museum. Read full review

Robyn Bahr

Aug 3, 2018

Season 1 Review: At first, the protean barrage of imagery and gonzo sound design overwhelms the senses. Once your brain gets used to its staccato rhythm, however, you settle in for the ride. Although I couldn't quite process all the nuances within the moment, I still found myself nodding along (and even dancing along) all the same. Read full review

Caroline Framke

Aug 6, 2018

Season 1 Review: There’s so much to look at and feel while watching this show that it can sometimes be overwhelming--which, of course, is the entire point. It can be chaotic as it careens from one thought or medium to another, but it’s never random. Read full review

Angelica Jade Bastien

Aug 6, 2018

Season 1 Review: It’s highly attuned to wide-ranging stylistic experimentation, but lacks the necessary emotional heft and nuance to tackle such topics like the weight of bringing black children into a world that is hostile toward them. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

83

Series Overview
Season 3

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  Air Date: December 10, 2022
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  S3:E2. Random Acts of Flyness 08
  Air Date: December 10, 2022
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  S3:E1. Random Acts of Flyness 07
  Air Date: December 10, 2022
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: December 10, 2022
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 4, 2018