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However, the town is filled with a community of artists that live nearby and who emigrated there. The Chinati Foundation/ John Cummings Wikimedia Commons When Kraus enters her new house for the first time, she notes the lack of modern amenities by saying it’s “like the f-ing Amish.” It’s a quintessential tiny town.

Cell phone reception is spotty, there are only two grocery stores in town and only two ATMs. The gallery offers many helpful tips for tourists. It’s around a six-hour drive to San Antonio, the nearest major city and the closest airport is in El Paso is three hours, according to local gallery Ballroom Marfa. It’s a remote location in the middle of the desert, sitting at the intersection of two highways. “One of the things it allowed us to do is to keep the three main characters locked in this embrace just geographically because there’s no place for them to go,” Gubbins said. It immediately clicked.Īlso Read: Kathryn Hahn Hails the Female 'Roar' of Vulnerability in 'I Love Dick' (Video)

Early drafts had the story of a dysfunctional love triangle take place in upstate New York, but then Soloway’s partner, poet Eileen Miles, suggested looking at Marfa. When planning out the series, both Soloway (“Transparent”) and her collaborator Sarah Gubbins were struggling with where to set it. Kraus becomes lustfully obsessed with the titular Dick and embarks on a personal journey - along with Sylvère - to discover what their relationship means and what sexual attraction truly entails. In the show, Chris Kraus (Kathryn Hahn) moves to said town with her husband Sylvère (Griffin Dunn), who gets a residency with a minimalist artist named Dick Jarrett (Kevin Bacon). “There’s no other town like it,” “I Love Dick” co-creator Jill Soloway told TheWrap. Immediately the audience sees that it contains a multitude of seemingly contrasting qualities - a combination of blue collar desert town and folksy, artistic retreat. In the show’s first episode, viewers get a glimpse of the small, southwest Texas town, not too far from the Mexican border. You may be shocked to learn that Marfa, Texas - the small, quirky town where the Amazon series “I Love Dick” takes place - is real.