Managing his family life, two children growing up, a horrible mother, is one thing. Being at the head of the Mafia in New Jersey, is another one. When we add to this mysterious fainting, we can represent the complete daily life's picture of Tony Soprano, the main character of the series "The Sopranos" created by David Chase and broadcasted on HBO from 1999 to 2007. Nobody can deny the success of this luxurious TV show that has won lots of awards, including two Emmy Awards in 2004 and 2007 (unique for a series). The Sopranos certainly has something in common with his illustrious predecessors (the Godfather, Goodfellas, ...). Beyond the obvious quality of the script and dialogues, Chase has surrounded itself with particularly brilliant actors. James Gandolfini, wears a costume of Tony Soprano, the Boss around who the whole story evolves. He can be alternately player, sad, engaging and ruthless, delivering a formidable acting skills, which some have compared to Marlon Brando's acting skills. His wife Carmela is interpreted by Edie Falco, and represents the other pillar of the house. A woman ordered, capable and literally preventing the house to collapse. Their two children, Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) and Anthony Jr. (Robert Iler), will cause even more worried events that their father's associate from the "Mob". There are still Livia Soprano (Nancy Marchand), Tony's mother with a very special personnality (she try to kill her son), or Corrado "Junior" Soprano, the uncle played by Dominic Chianese. It should be noted that many actors of the Sopranos were subscribers to gangster films, as well as Tony's nephew, Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli seen in The Goodfellas), not ever missing an opportunity to make a mistake. During the years, other actors will fill the cast (that replace the industrial quantities of killed characters): Aida Turturro, Joe Pantoliano, or Steve Buscemi the cousin and prisoner ...
This is the final departure of a ducks family, installed in the pool of the Sopranos since few weeks, which mark the beginning of trouble for Tony Soprano. He will sink into a serious depression and see a skrink, Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco also in the seen in the Goodfellas), to find a solution to this. The confrontational relationship between the two characters is a really important thing in the Sopranos, a way to confront the mafia in its actions and to confess Tony's concerns rather than dismiss them. The Chase approach of Mafia is illustrated by the fact that the story takes place in New Jersey and that it shows a current situation, unlike The Godfather, that dealing with a gone period. Members of the "Mob" aren't just shown in suits but also in bathrobe, wearing ridiculous sportswears, cooking sausages and reading the newspaper. The series is made with a strong symbolism, like the many dreams that makes Tony Soprano that he tries to decode with his shrink, not without yelling about this "Freudian Shit." It's also believed that David Chase had few friends linked with the Mafia because both situations and gangsters speak are really truthfull. This realism is certainly one of the strengths of this series. The legend about the series is that American criminals leave their business on Sunday evening, when The Sopranos is broadcasted on HBO... The choice of soundtrackis is excellent too: you can hear a lot of old rock songs, the most truly integrated in the scenes (loudspeakers, car radio).
The family, as well as death and responsibility, represents the central element of The Sopranos, much more than the shootings or business. The Sopranos family but also the Famiglia, synonymous of big punch in the back, Italian expressions (focused on the food) and really bad jokes. Its code of honor, its hierarchy and its regulations. Its attitude with other people, FBI indics and the need to preserve its closest friends or family without their involvement, but also shoot anyone who dared betray it, even if he was our best friend. Six seasons, each composed of 13 episodes (except the sixth and last, counting 21) with a duration of about 50 minutes to an hour, with a great sense of unity. Because despite the many intrigues and twists, it might be considered each episode as a movie in its own right, thanks to the brilliant dialogues and without concessions, actors game and scenario that avoids effects of style and cheap suspense, showing the real faces "of Mobsters", not cheap superhero. Each picture of The Sopranos is another example of this Italian/American Way of Life, with its contradictions, its machismo, gold chain, hair (not on the head) and the big belly, but also this awesome sense of friendship that only the "Mob" can generate.
This is the final departure of a ducks family, installed in the pool of the Sopranos since few weeks, which mark the beginning of trouble for Tony Soprano. He will sink into a serious depression and see a skrink, Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco also in the seen in the Goodfellas), to find a solution to this. The confrontational relationship between the two characters is a really important thing in the Sopranos, a way to confront the mafia in its actions and to confess Tony's concerns rather than dismiss them. The Chase approach of Mafia is illustrated by the fact that the story takes place in New Jersey and that it shows a current situation, unlike The Godfather, that dealing with a gone period. Members of the "Mob" aren't just shown in suits but also in bathrobe, wearing ridiculous sportswears, cooking sausages and reading the newspaper. The series is made with a strong symbolism, like the many dreams that makes Tony Soprano that he tries to decode with his shrink, not without yelling about this "Freudian Shit." It's also believed that David Chase had few friends linked with the Mafia because both situations and gangsters speak are really truthfull. This realism is certainly one of the strengths of this series. The legend about the series is that American criminals leave their business on Sunday evening, when The Sopranos is broadcasted on HBO... The choice of soundtrackis is excellent too: you can hear a lot of old rock songs, the most truly integrated in the scenes (loudspeakers, car radio).
The family, as well as death and responsibility, represents the central element of The Sopranos, much more than the shootings or business. The Sopranos family but also the Famiglia, synonymous of big punch in the back, Italian expressions (focused on the food) and really bad jokes. Its code of honor, its hierarchy and its regulations. Its attitude with other people, FBI indics and the need to preserve its closest friends or family without their involvement, but also shoot anyone who dared betray it, even if he was our best friend. Six seasons, each composed of 13 episodes (except the sixth and last, counting 21) with a duration of about 50 minutes to an hour, with a great sense of unity. Because despite the many intrigues and twists, it might be considered each episode as a movie in its own right, thanks to the brilliant dialogues and without concessions, actors game and scenario that avoids effects of style and cheap suspense, showing the real faces "of Mobsters", not cheap superhero. Each picture of The Sopranos is another example of this Italian/American Way of Life, with its contradictions, its machismo, gold chain, hair (not on the head) and the big belly, but also this awesome sense of friendship that only the "Mob" can generate.
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