Here's an exhaustive (and anonymous) analysis of the diner sequence from the final episode of The Sopranos. It's a long but fascinating read - the most convincing of all the arguments I've read that Tony Soprano is deader than Zed.
The author even draws on films that influenced the series to support his/her argument.
David Chase is a well documented fan of Martin Scorsese and his mafia film Goodfellas. In a scene in the film mobster Henry Hill is surprised by the police behind him telling him to “freeze”. Henry then says in a voiceover “For a second I thought I was dead, but when I heard all the noise, I knew they were cops, only cops talk that way. If they had been wiseguys, I wouldn’t have heard a thing. I would have been dead.” Just like Tony Soprano.
Now I'm back to believing the rumors about a Sopranos movie are just rumors. Although you have to figure HBO executives are counting their Sex and the City gross percentages and thinking "Maybe Members Only Guy missed."
Ooooo!
Posted by: Jess | June 10, 2008 at 09:29 AM
You know, my first thought on walking out of Sex and the City was: I really hope Tony IS dead, because I can't bear to see him in a crappy movie like this one.
Posted by: Connie | June 10, 2008 at 02:07 PM
We're thinking the same way today
http://jvsports.blogspot.com/2008/06/david-chases-accomplishment.html
Posted by: Jeff V | June 10, 2008 at 02:42 PM