It is by now a cliché observation that American TV drama maps cleanly into eras of pre- and post-Sopranos, but the march of history hasn’t made it any less true. The David Chase-created mob saga wove together myriad artistically promising yet relatively unexplored threads in serialized television––continuity-heavy storytelling, a cinematic visual and editing style, nuanced character acting, morally questionable protagonists, layered subtext and symbolism, a showrunner acting as executive auteur––and the results rattled turn-of-the-century pop culture and planted a stake in the history of the medium, Citizen Kane style, such that there is now and forever will be Before and After.
Less talked about than the effect of The Sopranos on its own medium is the way in which its monumental success triggered a parallel evolution in the format of TV criticism. Of course it existed prior to The Sopranos’ debut in 1999, but––much like TV...
Less talked about than the effect of The Sopranos on its own medium is the way in which its monumental success triggered a parallel evolution in the format of TV criticism. Of course it existed prior to The Sopranos’ debut in 1999, but––much like TV...
- 12/27/2020
- by Eli Friedberg
- The Film Stage
Along with a new trailer, CinEvents has today announced the global streaming premiere of ‘My Dinner With Alan: A Sopranos Session’ on December 27th.
Directed by Kristian Fraga, the doc begins by meeting Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz, authors of the best-selling and award-winning book “The Sopranos Sessions” at Holsten’s in Bloomfield, New Jersey, the location of the controversial last scene of The Sopranos, to discuss the epic, multi-award-winning series.
Their wide-ranging conversation covers television, movies, psychiatry, gangsterism, their 20-year friendship, and their experience covering the series for The Star-Ledger of Newark, the newspaper that Tony Soprano picked up at the end of his driveway.
The world streaming premiere will be accompanied by two never seen before bonus features. The first, an intimate film joining key members of the Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning show’s cast, as they reminisce about the show at the Little Italy restaurant,...
Directed by Kristian Fraga, the doc begins by meeting Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz, authors of the best-selling and award-winning book “The Sopranos Sessions” at Holsten’s in Bloomfield, New Jersey, the location of the controversial last scene of The Sopranos, to discuss the epic, multi-award-winning series.
Their wide-ranging conversation covers television, movies, psychiatry, gangsterism, their 20-year friendship, and their experience covering the series for The Star-Ledger of Newark, the newspaper that Tony Soprano picked up at the end of his driveway.
The world streaming premiere will be accompanied by two never seen before bonus features. The first, an intimate film joining key members of the Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning show’s cast, as they reminisce about the show at the Little Italy restaurant,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Clear Productions has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Severe Clear. The album includes the original score from the film by composer Cliff Martinez. The soundtrack is available digitally on Amazon and iTunes. To listen to clips from all 15 tracks on the album, check out the box after the jump. Severe Clear directed by Kristian Fraga is based on the memoir by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti as well as video footage shot by him and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines on the outset of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The movie was making the festival rounds in 2009 and will be released on BluRay on October 25, 2011. To learn more about the documentary, visit the official movie website.
Amazon.com WidgetsHere’s the album track list:
1. Friction
2. Luke, I Am Your Father
3. Babylon for Real
4. This Is a Special Occasion
5. Let Them Burn
6. In War Bad Things Happen
7. Tempo
8. Trust...
Amazon.com WidgetsHere’s the album track list:
1. Friction
2. Luke, I Am Your Father
3. Babylon for Real
4. This Is a Special Occasion
5. Let Them Burn
6. In War Bad Things Happen
7. Tempo
8. Trust...
- 10/2/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
Reminiscent of Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity, This Is War will astound audiences, thrusting them into the heart of the bloody battle like never before.
In July 2002, First Lieutenant Mike Scotti volunteered to extend his service with the American Marine Corps; six months later, he was propelled to the front line of one of the most notorious and complex military campaigns of our time; Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Marching through the deserts of a crumbling regime, Scotti records the soldiers’ progress to Baghdad on his personal mini Dv-camera. Driven by fear and adrenalin, confronted by Iraqi Paramilitaries and convoys of Republican Guards disguised as civilians, Scotti and his comrades learn that the only people you can trust are members of your own battalion.
On his return from Iraq, Scotti entrusted documentary filmmaker Kristian Fraga (Anytown, USA) with over 60 hours of footage, which Fraga edited down to this first-hand account of the war...
In July 2002, First Lieutenant Mike Scotti volunteered to extend his service with the American Marine Corps; six months later, he was propelled to the front line of one of the most notorious and complex military campaigns of our time; Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Marching through the deserts of a crumbling regime, Scotti records the soldiers’ progress to Baghdad on his personal mini Dv-camera. Driven by fear and adrenalin, confronted by Iraqi Paramilitaries and convoys of Republican Guards disguised as civilians, Scotti and his comrades learn that the only people you can trust are members of your own battalion.
On his return from Iraq, Scotti entrusted documentary filmmaker Kristian Fraga (Anytown, USA) with over 60 hours of footage, which Fraga edited down to this first-hand account of the war...
- 10/5/2010
- by tegan.kniveton@lovefilm.com (Tegan Kniveton)
- LOVEFiLM - Movie Clips
On September 11, 2001 when two airliners were flown into the towers of New York's World Trade Center, the weather over the city was 'severe clear,' the sky a bright blue and cloudless with seemingly infinite visibility. The repercussions of the events of that day eventually contributed to the invasion of Iraq by U.S. military forces in March 2003. One of the marines involved in that offensive was First Lieutenant Mike Scotti, a member of the 1st Battalion, 4th Marines.
When Scotti set out for the Middle East in 2003, he knew that he would be involved in events that would change the course of history. With the intention of documenting his experiences for a book, he decided to capture as much as he could of the on-the-ground wartime incidents he witnessed with a home digital camera.
Upon his return to the U.S. after his tour of duty, Scotti happened by...
When Scotti set out for the Middle East in 2003, he knew that he would be involved in events that would change the course of history. With the intention of documenting his experiences for a book, he decided to capture as much as he could of the on-the-ground wartime incidents he witnessed with a home digital camera.
Upon his return to the U.S. after his tour of duty, Scotti happened by...
- 3/12/2010
- CinemaSpy
Severe Clear is the Iraq documentary I've been awaiting conscientiously if not eagerly. There certainly hasn't been a shortage of retrospective examinations from a position of authority - e.g. the macrocosmic No End In Sight and the microfocused Standard Operating Procedure - or, in lesser quantities, on-the-ground reportage. The best-known of those is probably 2004's Gunner Palace, which could be politely described - in internet slang - as Epic Fail. Well-intentioned though they were in spending time with soldiers both at rest and patrolling, Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein screwed up by including little you couldn't have seen on the news - gore and atrocities discreetly off-screen - and also in basic competence, like providing audible sound. Working from the footage of Marine Mike Scotti, Kristian Fraga</strong ...
- 3/14/2009
- by Vadim Rizov
- Spout
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