Subtle moments in The Sopranos that YOU only know.
Stole the thread title from the Arrested Development fans. Didn't open that thread, because I've never seen the show, b
HBO's David Chase documentary must watch for all Sopranos fans.
He does a lot better as an interview subject than the podcasts that he has been on in the last few years. His memory seems to be much sharper.
Also, some good historic footage of Jim Gandolfini and some other nice additions that I haven't heard before including how certain writers left the show and the payments that Jim made to other crew members to the surprise of Edie Falco (not that she wouldn't be on a different wage to the typical cast member).
Also, good explanations re the Employee of the Month episode.
We also receive explanations basically of why the series ended up the way it did with the way that Tony basically took on David's grim upbringing and outlook on life.
Also overall Gibney as a director for this documentary does very well with how he mixes in the flashbacks to the show and the interviews, especially the behind the scenes and the auditions.
I'm glad he chose to leave Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Robert Iler out as they are just not serious enough for this (maybe Jamie would be but Robert isn't and they are a package deal) and maybe that was a decision by David Chase (to which David then went on their podcast after to promote this as maybe some form of consolation for them).
That was really great. I'd have watched episode after episode of that. I'm a huge sucker for well produced nostalgia bait, and though this had plenty of that, it wasn't nostalgia for nostalgia's sake. I've seen/heard Chase on a couple of podcast episode and he really never seemed to want to be there, but he was great in this, like the above says.
I'd love to see one of these in depth docs for The Wire and for Deadwood. David Simon seems to be doing well, but I don't know much longer Milch has and he deserves his flowers before he goes.
One thing that occurred to me after watching this (loved the way they ended this doc as well) was when Lorraine said that even Jim didn't know how it was going to end and was surprised when he finally saw it. Makes me wonder what more was filmed in the diner. Did they film any fakeout ends?
One thing that occurred to me after watching this (loved the way they ended this doc as well) was when Lorraine said that even Jim didn't know how it was going to end and was surprised when he finally saw it. Makes me wonder what more was filmed in the diner. Did they film any fakeout ends?
I think at the time they did from memory - similar to the Adriana death that they didn't want the ending leaked.
It was interesting in the documentary just how many actors tried out for a lead part but were later re-casted in different roles. For Tony they showed the actors that later played Jackie, Artie, Silvio, Joey Peeps and maybe a few others I can't recall.
For Carmela they had Angie (Sal's wife), Marie (Vito's wife) and maybe a few others I'm forgetting now.
That's what Chase originally had in mind but Lorraine wanted to play Melfi instead. She said after Goodfellas she didn't want to play that same type of character and wanted to do something different. Nancy Marchand who played Livia said something similar - she really liked playing Livia because it was so different than other roles she played in TV and movies.
I just saw Carmela in season 1 of Homicide. She was kind of cute
if anyone wants to feel old, gentle reminder that tony soprano was 37 in season 1
Colin Farrell is reprising the role of Tony in HBO’s The Penguin
great post nrb
got me thinking about when the show ends on a pop song like that and it's usually a banger
this song is only sopranos famous, to the point that when you search for it on youtube there is no video, just this fan creation
