How I Wrote The Sopranos

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Talk about The Sopranos and filmmaking on our official Discord server: discord.gg/xxTqXXd

[@Clownie_Smiles]

I am poor. Could you please release the content on KZbin on a later date? Thank you

[@Skush]

"You're not gonna believe this. He killed 16 Czechoslovakians. The guy was an interior decorator."

[@monteroc2303]

His apartment looked like shit

[@Konnecta-kb9gg]

That was my favourite, I literally laughed so fucking uncontrollably.

[@hazuinf]

His house looked like shit

[@rahulbalan]

This is like some Die Hard shit

[@polarproductionsofficial]

His apartment looked like shit

[@reginaldpooftah4525]

When I was a kid, David Chase was an old man. Now I'm old and David Chase is still old

[@michaelmacias8]

LOL I got the reference.

[@agenteviscera]

Got it Paul

[@cdmacd]

@@michaelmacias8 I get it, he drives a lincoln

[@ShelaghCorson]

Ha ha ha ha

[@imJUSTdusty1]

Its almost unbelievable how much Jim Gandolfini was able to make me believe that he was Tony Soprano. A true master class of acting acumen.

[@joeyg2525]

It was the cocaine lol

[@czr4752]

I heard he kinda lost himself in the role

[@Anne--Marie]

Watch the episode of inside the actors studio with Gandolfini for a look into how he became Tony.

[@xBaDaBiNgx]

I forget Tony Soprano was actually James Gandolfini. That says something..

[@nihilistcentraluk442]

@@xBaDaBiNgx did it cost him a lot though? By all accounts he was nowhere near that type of character.

[@Pfanta76]

Great! Now I have to watch The Sopranos. Again. Just when I thought I was out, you pulled me back in! ;)

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Haha, love it. Thanks for watching!

[@stl80sbaby]

I binge watch like every 3 months. Never gets old always gets better

[@jamesstewart7736]

I love this comment! One for the real fans! 😂👏👌👍

[@travisswann23]

JUST WHEN THEY THOUGHT I WAS OUT... THEY PULLLLL MEEE BAACCKKKK INNNNN

[@camboolio]

Is that Pacino or is that Pacino?

[@ChaosReigns45]

I think The Sopranos is quite simply the best show ever made, the amount of subtext on almost every scene in the show is an incredible achievement that not many other shows had. I understand why many people would prefer Breaking Bad (which i really like for its own reasons), it's a more approchable show with less subtletly and complexity than Sopranos. The Sopranos is very special, smart with the right amout of humour and realism. Tony the most complex character ever written, with all of his unpredictable behaviour and decisions. What Twin Peaks started, The Sopranos completed. That's why they will always be the cornerstone of modern TV.

[@MrGittz]

Tasos Pour 100%. For me Breaking Bad was all about giving the audience what they wanted. It's was style over substance. It's a good show. Is it a great show? I don't think so. The quote baiting, the "tune in next week to see how Walter & Jesse get out of this". It's just not in the same league. Plus the writers rarely had any idea where it was going. They would purposely write themselves into corners so they could figure a way out. Which is why the S3 Twin Cousins storyline was a dud. The Sopranos...man. It feels like it has the answer to the meaning of life somewhere within those frames. Especially the later seasons. The mystery, the aesethic...it was truly amazing. Greatest show of all time.

[@ChaosReigns45]

GuyX 1 Yep, when the story focused towards Gus and those mexicans, it got pretty indifferent to be honest. Didn’t have much to do with the main plot except making Gus the “holy” enemy, thus making him a bit of a cliche of how careful he was about everything I agree, so many secrets lie along the lines of Sopranos, it’s very existential. One classic scene with Tony being stoned in the desert watching the sunset.

[@maroda8094]

@@MrGittz there is not much left, if you don't count Breaking Bad as one of the great shows. Sopranos is better, but breaking bad is closer to Sopranos than 99% of all other Shows

[@MrGittz]

Maro Da Not sure I agree there. You've got The Wire, Mad Men, Deadwood. Breaking Bad isn't a bad show or anything. It's just not on the Mount Everest of TV Shows. I know a lot of people would disagree with that, and that's fine. Breaking Bad was more of a main stream show. It gave audiences the suspense and action the audience wanted. The shows I mentioned? They were auteur driven. Guys like David Chase & company didn't care, they just did what they wanted. Told the stories they wanted to tell. Didn't give the audience what they wanted. Which is why when the did do action and suspense, it was earned and you really felt it.

[@maroda8094]

​@@MrGittz I know what you mean.. thats the reason why Sopranos is on the Top. Its the Cherry on the Cake of TV Shows.

[@themusic6808]

David Chase himself explains exactly the brilliance in the Sopranos. He’s not a flashy guy, he’s just plain and normal, doesn’t leave anything to the imagination and is real says it as it is. That’s why the Sopranos is so hard to be compared to. Most shows are based on surrealism, based around a plot that normally would never happen, helps people escape real life. The Sopranos is completely based on characters, their internal dilemmas, flaws and their interactions with others. There’s no plot such as there isn’t one with life. You just wake up and experience some real shit that comes your way, and that’s what every episode of the Sopranos is. It’s visceral because it’s so real.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

I basically fell in love with David Chase while editing this video together. His no BS approach to answering questions and talking about his process was refreshing. He doesn't play the social PR game. He answers straight and doesn't entertain ideas that he knows to be frivolous. This attitude evidently is present in his writers room as well. Thanks for watching!

[@darnellmajor9016]

Cameron your analysis is brilliant but you also have to realize that constraints are in placed for certain networks where many shows don't have the freedom to stretch their imagination. A show like Buffy the Vampire Slayer could've easily been on HBOor FX because of how self-aware it was with real life but being on a network like WB prevented it from crossing certain barriers that would've ruined the brand's image.

[@gabyjuen]

That's exactly how I explained the show to a friend who haven't watch it: Things happen. The first season I was a little disappointed because I thought "this is going nowhere... they create tension around some event, and then it dissolves... and they do that again around another thing, and the same happens..." Until I realized that was exactly what the show was about. And SO life... Suddenly something huge happens: a death, a divorce, the start of an addiction in a teenager... Sometimes it leads to huge consequences, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it's reversable, sometimes it's not. Sometimes you can observe all its development, sometimes it's just a news some relative gives you at dinner distractedly... Every episode is about how it feels to be in the present: you have no idea where are you going or which of ALL the things occurred in the past are going to have real influence on the now... So the show is not about speculating about the future: It's about CHARACTERS, here and now: their feelings, their fears, their joys... And they do that masterfully. Unbeatable. Profoundly.

[@standardofexcellence]

Very good analysis

[@jillmeredith2012]

Well said. I'd like to teach an adult education class on this show. Pathological lying and sociopathic family dynamics. As David Chase says in one of the dvd commentaries...everybody lies, all the time.

[@Simonkipnerssoul]

That line about every episode having a "beginning, middle, and end" is exactly what made this show so legendary. Every single episode felt like its own little short film. And honestly speaking a lot of the episodes could have been stretched out into feature length films easily and see box office success.

[@ARMOSPHERE]

Don't let this video distract you from the fact that Tony never had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@stl80sbaby]

Im sure that was a tremendous blow to his self esteem

[@BreakingBadFan2008]

The first episode?

[@celeritas2-810]

@O'Shay Muir he says it so often, why do you think?

[@jesterssketchbook]

thats under-mining!!!!

[@BayAreaMike99]

Also don’t let that distract you from the fact, Hector has 3 Honda civics with spoon engines on top of that. He just came into Harry’s and he ordered 3 T66 turbos with NOS and Motec System exhaust!

[@bflkel]

"Everything they say is a lie" - I remember noticing this in a lot of their conversations

[@futurestoryteller]

I don't know if that's any more interesting than everything they say being the truth, when you really think about it.

[@FunnyVideoMaker77]

futurestoryteller it’s not really about what’s interesting, it’s about how easy and without impunity they lie, lie, lie, especially to each other, while claiming to be friends and brothers for life. Chase is once again merely pointing out their hypocrisy

[@futurestoryteller]

@@FunnyVideoMaker77 It's always about what's interesting, you don't tell stories to bore people, even if the only person under consideration is yourself.

[@KutayUgurluer]

where does he say that?

[@patrick_dy3r]

I didn't realize how much I wanted a channel like this. MORE.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

I'M ON IT.

[@patrick_dy3r]

@@BehindtheCurtain GOOD.

[@jamesAk1]

Behind the Curtain fkn great channel man keep it up.

[@ARMOSPHERE]

BEST. SERIES. OF. ALL. TIME. PERIOD.

[@nihilistcentraluk442]

Best summary was recorded by the FBI recordings of the DeCavalcante family in NJ discussing the Sopranos " Hey is that us? " "What characters,what writing..."

[@rsingh2595]

ARMOSPHERE deff agree. It put hbo on the map so shows like entourage and got could get made. You should check out the wire. It’s a good series too

[@ARMOSPHERE]

R Singh thanks bud I will

[@negativeindustrial]

There is no debate.

[@Jaguadarte__]

@Inconnou .Inconnu We'll never get you Inconnou! But alright :P

[@Pete-Prolly]

Artie's my favorite "non-gangster" on Sopranos. He's so self destructive, he doesn't know himself, he's at odds with everything! But despite it all he has a "moral compass" & he loathes it. Why? Because he cannot abandon it; every time he tries, he is at odds with himself. He envies Tony and the crew for not having that moral compass. (It raises Philosophical questions about ethics and whether or not people are inherently good or evil or choose to be.) References: Artie, referring to the Mob : "Father, I don't just hate this man, (i.e. Tony,) I hate all men." (Artie is a man, (and) Artie hates all men ⇒ Artie hates himself) Artie, to Tony in the stripclub: "I couldn't fuck her, but you...you could fuck her," (referring to the stripper on stage.) Tony: "I'm sure something can be arranged if you really want to." But Artie leaves, (after passing judgment.) Why not fuck her? Loyalty to Charmaine? Sanctimony? Or maybe, "he is unable to pay for something both parties will partake in, (i.e. sex,) because that is basically stealing," (and look how Artie treats thieves.) Artie never cheats on Charmaine either; he sabotages the marriage before pursuing Adriana. Charmaine, to Artie: "Oh Arthur...know thyself." Artie is not in touch with himself. (This is also symbolic of C.G. Jung speaking to his soul but I won't get that deep.) Artie is an artist, I even suspect that's why they chose the name, (and people call him "Art" for short too,) but the way he cooks by candlelight during the storm, the way he loathes turning Vesuvio into something less than perfection, supports that. Artie even tells Tony "I'm an Artist, I can't do the Math." He can do both, (he runs a business,) he just doesn't want to be a crook or a thief like Tony. Artie shoots the rabbit eating his vegetables, he yells at the staff, and he beats up Benny; why? They ALL stole from him, and it becomes very clear that although Artie is not a crook, he can/will kill to defend his principles. But what about the French guy? Artie could've kicked his ass, right? You think it's coincidence they chose a guy smaller than Artie for this role? Maybe. Or maybe Artie lost the fight because he was no better than the thief he was muscling in on and Artie became that which he despised and he didn't want to succeed as crook!!! This is deep! He tried to kill himself after! I'm not even sure Artie realizes he lost this fight deliberately because he's so out of touch with himself. Some say that was fear (of Tony's retribution.) Artie may also have believed that it was "fear of Tony," but was it? Because I recall Artie pointing a gun at Tony, no problem, after Tony torched his restaurant. Where was Artie's fear then? Drawing down on the boss of a family is fearless, self- destructive, irresponsible, and a grocery list of other things. (Especially since Artie has kids, a family, wife, etc.) Artie is the shit! The actor playing him did a GREAT job! Artie's whole character is genius.

[@jaybee3055]

Wow that’s deep.

[@BigAl6405]

Excellent analysis

[@fissahadarge302]

Brilliant!

[@Kallogee]

Can you do the same a analysis on Paulie?

[@anythinginteresting7472]

Nice analysis, but you are waaay over thinking this. Artie is a wimp loser and he knows it. He peaked as a high school footballer and fell into the family business. Tony does what he wants and Artie always envied that

[@alecbarber7913]

This level of work put into a television show is never gonna happen again the way it did with Sopranos. Truely special

[@SherifOsamaMusic]

I watched The Sopranos in 2015, although I would've liked to watch it a bit early, I am very glad I was late to the party as literally any other series that I've watched after it was so subpar compared to it.Without a doubt, the greatest TV show in history.

[@joewas2225]

Nope, that would be 24.

[@nas-hk6xo]

The wire better

[@PodtrashRadio]

“Tony’s rise and fall seem to be happening all the time together.” and “everything someone says is usually a lie” That just made me love this show even more and look at it sharper. It’s genius writing. Tony was rarely ever purely winning but that is how life works. Short moments of success earned by years of hard work and struggle.

[@nihilistcentraluk442]

The blackest comedy ever but brilliant .

[@Tusc9969]

Greatest show EVER!!!!!!! Thanks for paving the way for other brilliant series that followed... Breaking Bad, The Wire, Six Feet Under, Dexter etc etc

[@creepmike77]

I love the Sopranos. I'm watching it again for the 10th time Haha. I'm on season 3 where Ralph Cifaretto kills the stripper. I agree network TV nowadays is bland and inoffensive.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

10 times? Wow that is some dedication!

[@saadasaad8538]

A: she was a whoa B: she hit me And that wasn't my kid she was carrying

[@jilliansnead7870]

Such wonderful insight on how the writers brought a new perspective on story to the table and created something so valuable in the process. Phenomenal job on piecing all of this together!

[@batgurrl]

Fantastic channel so glad I found it. The Sopranos is the best drama ever on TV. It mixed in some sick humor with the mayhem. Good example: Christopher’s intervention. RIP James Gandolfini Thanks for this great upload!

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thanks for watching! What do you think about this new prequel movie that's been announced for the show?

[@batgurrl]

Behind the Curtain I really look forward to that. With the right cast and script it could be fantastic

[@BehindtheCurtain]

I agree. David Chase is cowriting it, so I have faith that he wouldn't be doing it unless he had a good reason to.

[@batgurrl]

Behind the Curtain that is a great start. It’s his “baby” so I doubt it will turn out to be a bad piece of work. Something to truly look forward to in tv land

[@spencer9093]

Saint s of newark is ganna be amazing

[@Jona69]

It's impressive how a new channel comes out of nowhere and is excellent from the very start

[@BehindtheCurtain]

I appreciate that, Jonathan! It's only just beginning!

[@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335]

Because maybe you search sopranos and bam it is recommended google it a piece of shit company they track all that you do thats why

[@ottowes]

I think that it was admirable that Dr. Melfi took it upon herself to at least try to help Tony sort out his life. He came to her in earnest and she dealt with the disdain of her colleagues. It was dangerous and daring and to me, that is what being a therapist is all about.

[@johnnytoobad7785]

It will be a hell of long time before we get another series like the Soprano's. A stroke of brilliance.

[@user-mp9xz8yg4j]

One of the many things that I like about The Sopranos is that they don’t use the same, cliched dramatic music in intense scenes. They let the writing and acting stand on its own.

[@wizwiza9482]

The greatest TV show of all time and it still looks fresh 20 year on FACT

[@joewas2225]

Nope that would be 24.

[@meowdalachow7932]

ahhhhh nothing like soprano comments always relaxing

[@MrJabez89]

I've been relaxing for 20 fuckin years

[@meowdalachow7932]

Luca someone say shinebox?

[@ChristopherYambo]

This is my favorite new channel.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thanks, Chris!

[@kevinr.3542]

I've been rewatching the Sopranos recently and this cost came at the perfect time. It really is the best series ever (also love Breaking Bad and Twin Peaks) and I always wondered how they wrote these scripts. One thing in always curious about is how a show like that can have multiple writers each writing entire episodes alone yet the show has one singular voice like it's all from one person. At first I thought David Chase wrote every episode but he definitely had help and the other writers always have such a complete understanding of the show, characters, tone, etc it's hard to imagine it was such a collaboration. So many details and plot points add up its amazing. How did a group of writers make something so real out of thin air? And they passed the ball around taking turns being the creative voice yet it's all such a singular work.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

It really is fascinating how the writer's room process works. It's something that I've been interested in (hence the videos on my channel). Something that I noticed with The Sopranos specifically was how David Chase ran the writer's room. He seems to be a very particular person (think Stanley Kubrick or David Fincher) and he has an exact image in his head of what he wants the show the be. He was notorious for firing a lot of writers in the first couple of seasons, because they weren't able to write exactly like he wanted. He also ended up rewriting a lot of episodes, I learned. It may seem harsh how he operates, and it may be to an extent, but it does produce excellence. Instead of just working with the first group of writers he was able to assemble, he went through tons of writers until he found the perfect people for the job. This sort of precision is what is needed for a show as grand as this. Thanks for watching!

[@Looneyboy]

Behind the Curtain thank the Lord he had the money to do that

[@kevinr.3542]

@@BehindtheCurtain your videos are awesome, I love the content and delivery. It's definitely superior to 95% of youtube (and that's being generous to KZbin). I had a feeling Chases presence in the writers room was huge and had a big effect on the shows tone, and he was there to help keep everything in line. His vision was so strong, and his vision was so solid, it was totally necessary he was he one cracking the whip. Too many cooks spoil the broth. And one incredibly talented chef can create a masterpiece. He paved the way for networks to loosen their grip and actually allow creative control. There would be no Breaking Bad without Sopranos, for example.

[@kevinr.3542]

@@Looneyboy more like thank HBO for offering to pick it up. Could you imagine this on one of the major networks? Oh man, it would be so BAD. Big Pussy would be "Big Pomegranate", Meadow would have been played by Melissa Joan Heart, and The Sopranos would be Finnish so as not to offend the Italians. That's network TV baby! Follow the trends, don't offend anyone, etc

[@thetechlibrarian]

It was really something else when this shows was airing and you had to wait every week for a new episode to come out to see the next one, something is lost in being able to binge the whole season back to back.

[@landonhagan450]

The finale to the Sopranos is controversial, but in retrospect it's grown on me over time. Ambiguity, as stated in the interview, is the key. There's lot's of dramatic irony in the show, but what really sets the Sopranos apart is how much the audience *_doesn't_* know. When you go back through the series, characters are killed often for nothing more than the *_suspicion_* of betrayal and they rarely see it coming. Moreover, there's almost always massive gaps in the audience's knowledge even when we do get the gist of what happened. A huge part of the tension in the Sopranos, and by extension the Mafia itself, is the fact that anyone could be killed, without explanation, for effectively no real reason. What better way to illustrate this than to ominously build the suggestion of danger only to suddenly cut to black without further explanation?

[@aljosap8445]

6 seasons, perfect story pacing, most of the questions are answered, those that are not are not even meant to be, nothing is forced or rushed, perfect ending that keeps people talking about today ... unlike this mess that game of thrones became in its sixth season.

[@MrJabez89]

But what happened to the Russian?!

[@ivankuzin8388]

@@MrJabez89 He died

[@aljosap8445]

@@MrJabez89 thats the point, like in real life sometimes you cannot know the end of someones story

[@Oozywolf]

"Nothing is rushed" That's probably the best part of the show and why it feels so real. I always mention this: There's an episode that ends with a nearly full minute of Tony eating pasta. Just sitting there eating lol. And it is one of my favorite scenes in a TV show. Nowadays shows are trying to force you to care about characters rather than putting in the time to connect with them. And reminding us that Tony is a guy that lives in his house and eats when the cameras are off builds so much character subconsciously. Fantastic TV.

[@duncanabram7098]

Ivan Kuzin he actually didn’t. David Chase confirmed the Russian returned to Russia and got treatment there, and that’s where he lived out the rest of his days.

[@aparnasawhney4128]

The most complex, multidimensional character on TV is Tony soprano...you can love him, hate him, sympathize with him ...so many layers to the character...Gandolfinis masterpiece in bringing in mobster to life...with all his toughness and vulnerability. Haven't seen a better actor than him.

[@wilmhosenfeld1777]

Sopranos will always be no.1 HBO program, it set a new standard of what primetime TV could be.

[@KM-kd6dz]

GoT cannot come even close

[@MaxNeverita]

The Sopranos is my all time favorite show and I try to analyze it every time I rewatch it and I always discover new things. Great compilation of interviews. Always great to find new deeper insight and always gives me a reason to start rewatching it, although its again only been 1 month ago.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thanks for watching! I'm not sure whether I should apologize or congratulate you for starting it again haha.

[@MaxNeverita]

@@BehindtheCurtain apologize? any excuse i can take to rewatch this show, ill take! again good job on the video!

[@mikedevaney3507]

Such an incredible show! I've watched it fully about 5 times! Everytime I watch it I notice something new.... absolutely fantastic!!!

[@BehindtheCurtain]

That's how you know a show is great! Thanks for watching.

[@maddymud]

7:04 - the great Terrence Winter, Boardwalk Empire creator - letting your know Chase was not cuddly - produce or I’ll let you loose

[@dislocatedthumb6599]

Catchy editing. Your best work yet. (great ending, btw)

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thanks! I want to make it engaging beyond just the narration. I was hoping people would like that ending haha.

[@dempseyhighroller1886]

Phil kinda forgot he spent 20 years in the can

[@f.boogaloospook2318]

He wanna mention it but he compromise

[@jordan-leemccarthy8805]

Charles Schwab over here

[@masokotanga7356]

I just realized how absolutely important it is that Sopranos was a series and not a movie. I can't help but realize all of the tiniest little things you see make a character and their life seem genuine. Take that; stretch it out for months and years; where you see more and more from these people and their surroundings, etc. After awhile, these people and their lives have such a real feel to them.

[@TheJustthedoctor12]

I love the Sopranos so much. David Chase and crew were tapping into God mode.

[@PeterZeeke]

I rewatching the sopranos and those emmy interviews are INCREDIBLE for understaning the shows. the thematic stuff is just almost poetic. the show is perfect writing

[@TylerMowery]

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[@meowdalachow7932]

Tyler Mowery can i get a pin 😢

[@darnellmajor9016]

Tyler I didn't expect to see you on this video LOL I was like ''whoa it's Tyler!''

[@elpoundo4235]

So you can Rob other people's ideas

[@Supremeteamcaptain]

Someone show this pinned comment to Christopher!!!

[@michaelcain9324]

Tyler Mowery yes I would.

[@norwegiantechnolover]

I thought GoT would surpass The Sopranos in sheer drama and shock but... seeing what happened to GoT, Sopranos still wins, over and over again!

[@F6LabsVideo]

I've always held The Sopranos in the highest regard, and was so excited by the first few seasons of GOT because it seemed like a spiritual successor in a lot of ways. I was so happy that it was going to surpass Sopranos, and then, well, it sure as shit didn't.

[@I_like_turtles_67]

Can't believe how fast the knight king was killed off. It's like they got lazy in this final season. I'm only on episode 3 though.

[@KM-kd6dz]

nah...not even close, even the first 4 seasons could not compete with HBO shows like Oz,Boardwalk empire,The Wire,Six feet under and of course The Sopranos...GoT never got an award for writing from Writers guild of America(BREAKING BAD 6,SOPRANOS 5, GOT 0)...and for example Sopranos have 5 Golden globes,Mad men also, and Breaking bad and Boardwalk empire 2...GOT 1I never understood why the fuck people think GOT is the best show ever...not even close...especially after S7 & 8 .... you people from Scandinavia have better shows then GOT : BROEN, 1864, BORGEN, KILLING...

[@AlexanDrMoskalenko]

Nah, even first seasons of GoT, all those dragons and tribes and kingdoms and castles and countless characters and exotic locations, just distracting from deeper development and plot. The Wire and Boardwalk Empire are much better and deeper, they're much closer to The Sopranos

[@duncanabram7098]

K M The Wire, The Sopranos, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad are all better than the first 4 seasons of GoT. However...Oz, 6FU and Boardwalk are not. All finely written dramas but you’re seriously not giving credit where credit is due lol

[@epie6]

Hands down, greatest show ever.. James is arresting is every scene. There's seriously not a bad episode, dull moment in this tv show..👌 the tv show, like James, is larger than life. It teaches you so much bout people, life, human emotions. I'm so glad they made the show. Have watched the whole series thrice in this decade and I still feel like going back tor more and getting hooked. 😎

[@zpomeroy221]

Fantastic video that highlighted all the best about, in my opinion, the best written television show in history. Nothing will ever compare to the level of depths that Sorpanos had, nor the ability from the actors, and obviously James specifically, to play that role to a tee. His ability to convey such a wide variety of emotions is seriously unmatched

[@BehindtheCurtain]

I agree! Thanks for watching!

[@hmeekins910]

The Sopranos was/is the best show ever on TV. The writing is simply amazing. The acting is superb! The emotion in it is raw and pulls you in like a magnet.

[@DimensionsofChange]

Happy to see there’s more analysis of the show popping up.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Agreed! Not enough people are talking about this show right now.

[@Wilburgur]

Fantastic vid. Ty!!

[@hannibalburgers477]

What you up to Will. Not as in oh how are you, more like how is this information related to you?

[@skxlter5747]

He wrote the Sopranos like reality with the bullshit some people face everyday and very relatable character moments. Also to show the decline of the mob

[@jokerraton8183]

"Tony's rise and his fall seem to be happening altogether" And thats why its the best tv series ever--our everyday lives is no stranger to a mob boss.

[@jordan-leemccarthy8805]

Charles Schwab over here

[@MonarchPoolPlaster]

One of the few shows I can rewatch.

[@LilypadOW]

such a fresh channel that i cant believe you already hooked me as a fan. i might be here for a long time, this the first time im commenting doe, thanks for the great content!

[@LilypadOW]

its just so raw and direct while also keeping true to the video essay format.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thank you so much for this comment! I sure hope you stick around for a while. I love video essays, but I think what was missing from them was advice directly from the creators themselves. That's the gap I'm trying to fill in this space. Thanks again for watching!

[@batgurrl]

L cut I just found it too it’s great

[@alejandrogallardo]

Same here. I got one video recommended and I've already seen all of them and I NEED more content

[@BehindtheCurtain]

I appreciate that!

[@FlymanMS]

"Funny situations that produce jokes" vs "Jokes written into the script" is basically the difference between classical and modern day The Simpsons

[@richardhoran6313]

Wow this was amazing. Thank you for editing and compiling this. The Sopranos is easily my favorite tv show of all time and holds up so well. do you plan to do Mad Men or the Wire next? Only other 2 shows that hold a candle to the sopranos to me

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thank you for watching! I plan on doing both of those soon. I'm also doing videos on films, so The Social Network video will be released next week. After that it should be Mad Men!

[@richardhoran6313]

Behind the Curtain awesome!! You’ve earned a subscriber my guy

[@AQUAPHREESH193]

I think the New Jersey setting played a huge role in making the show so unique and appealing. If the show was set in NY, it wouldn’t be the same. All of the places from Lodi to North Caldwell provide a very gritty, yet beautiful setting. New Jersey has always been the underdog and you can feel it even with Tony’s family. They’re not some super organized, romanticized five family, but more of a blue collar, DIY type group. The Sopranos also showcased plenty of luxury, but it felt realistic with plenty of grit to balance things out. Tony’s suburban is a prime example of this haha.

[@RajMahall]

The views will probably be higher for a video about Lost, but I'm still a sucker for the show Fringe. In any case, thanks for the channel; It's always enlightening!

[@akshaypradeep105]

Just finished watching The Sopranos today. What a show 😍 This show might have began 21 years ago but it still holds up superbly to this day and will continue to do so. An evergreen masterpiece in any visual medium! Undoubtedly one of the best TV shows of all time! 👍🏼

[@njf504]

Absolutely perfect show. Best ever. Happy not to see Tony capped in the finale. Who wants to see that?

[@theportugueselegend]

The Sopranos is the best, the show has so many layers that even almost 15 years later we continue to analyze it! But the show that I always saw a bit of The Sopranos in was definetly Sons of Anarchy. You could see the same theatric background, if I can say it like that. You can see the family drama, connected to the criminal brotherhood the characters tried to emphasize but always came up short, and a main character that was always in conflict with himself and his ideals. The Sopranos opened a door to me that I don't ever want shut

[@saiyanisland24]

This is amazing. The videos explains clearly why most people love the sopranos and think it is unique but cant really describe why. Their goal was not entirely to shock the viewer with unpredictable events but to create these unique characters who dont always act logically.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thank you! A goal of mine for this channel is to concisely explore the magic of tv shows and movies. Hopefully I've done this here.

[@АлексаМладић]

Wonderfully edited. How you synced the narrator with the characters in the show, it gave it extra message...

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thank you! I appreciate that a lot.

[@vaahtobileet]

"the narrator" lol. That's David Chase who created the show.

[@smartify8259]

If you've watched the complete series, you can pretty much understand how life works. You get idea of almost everything from profession to family, friend, sex, drugs, etc..

[@DamionHamilton1277]

Absolutely. Seems like a great novel.

[@cloudbloom]

The greatest tv show I've ever seen. Even better on rewatch after rewatch

[@kiddzeestraightouttanyc9682]

The sopranos and the wire are my top fav tv series that I can rewatch forever

[@volcanosauce00]

If you’re looking to branch out, I would love to see videos on specific TV characters or seasons. I’m loving what I’ve seen so far!

[@BehindtheCurtain]

I do want to eventually make different ideas. Once I get a lot of videos out, I want to go through them again and remix them in a way based on a certain topic like "theme". Then you would hear professionals from all different paths giving their advice about developing themes. I like your idea as well. It really all depends on if I can find enough on a specific topic. Thanks for your suggestion!

[@snakeeyes51]

It was a very difficult situation. Sopranos has been the greatest TV show with the greatest story and character development arcs since time immemorial.

[@JLoc]

Holy shit, a new video on one of the greatest TV shows of all time? Just when I thought we came to an all time low. The Wire next. Hold this subscription.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Not enough people are talking about this show anymore! What do you think about the upcoming prequel movie?

[@comicbookdude]

The wire lol

[@jimmyrocco52]

I thnk i watch The Sopranos more than anythng else. I told my wife that "it comforts me" bcz it does. The culture, the food, the guys talking & having each othrs back. I put it on & do whatevr chores i gotta do & constantly come back into the room & see what Tony & the guys are up to.

[@xxczerxx]

Be fascinating to see how the Sopranos prequel, the Many Saints of Newark, fares under the contraint of being a movie. Things move at warp speed in films in comparison to tv series.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Yes, I'm not sure what I think of it yet. David Chase is co-writing it, which is promising.

[@theguywhoasked6315]

Too bad the movie didn't have the makings of a varsity sopranos story.

[@WallKenshiro]

Every visual, every utterance, every moment of this video is absolute genius.

[@atanatokosmiki216]

The Sopranos... fuck! the screenwriting is so damn outstanding, unconventional complex characters... I love The Sopranos. There's no doubt that Breaking Bad wouldn't exisist without The Sopranos, beacuse the screenwriting in BrBa goes from a outstanding script to a MIND BLOWING script for a tv history, period.

[@Unpluggeddddd]

Thank you @BehindtheCurtain !!! Amazing piece and commentary by Chase and company. Show was groundbreaking and still has yet to be matched. It’s crazy that a guy who had never written anything notable ends up creating the greatest show ever made. Genius can really come out of nowhere. Shout out to the person who gave Chase that pep talk!

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@svenko333]

Do a video about Mad Men, Matthew Winer was also a writer and I think characters in Mad Men are maybe the most well rounded than in any show I watched And keep up great work!

[@Fafafohi]

I second this.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Mad Men is great! It's definitely in the pipeline of videos. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@AnCapone1899]

David Chase has the makings of a varsity tv show masterpiece creator

[@dasaggropop1244]

chase: a mobster protagonist isn't likeable. gandolfini: hold my shinebox.

[@lousyacrobat]

just binged watched this during quarantine for the first time since original airing. timeless show!

[@ARMOSPHERE]

Just when I thought I was out, you pulled me back in

[@JennRugg]

I love this KZbin series! It gives great insight into these amazing shows. My suggestions are: Handmaids Tale, Orange is the new black (about to air its last season), Greys Anatomy (Shonda Rhimes is an interesting woman) and the Simpsons. I realize these are all current shows. For shows that are off the air what about the West Wing, Fraiser, Sex and City, Dexter and arrested Development. Looking forward to what comes next!

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thank you for your suggestions!

[@thejamnasium6447]

The single greatest achievement in all of television history - past, present, and future.

[@mediator_room]

You did a good job with this video, by putting words of David Chase, a lot of people talk about Sopranos and have some wild and crazy theories, but they don listen the guy who made Sopranos .I know it sound simple, "look, just listen to creator" but many people do this on tabloid level and don't listen Chase

[@BehindtheCurtain]

You just summarized the goal of this channel. "Look, just listen to the creator." I love video essays, but I think that was missing from this space. I'm glad you've enjoyed.

[@mediator_room]

@@BehindtheCurtain Fan theoris can be nice but sometimes anoying. I even heard that a lot of people think that hall Sopranos family was killed in restoraunt, in last episode. that's anoying! Chase didn't do 100 000 interviews, there are few of them, if you are a fan (dont mean you, but people with that wild and stupid theories), just take a listen to those intervies and you will get all answers

[@mscarolynnigro]

Better than Game of Thrones

[@KM-kd6dz]

thousand times

[@kilogram7388]

yes yes yes yes yes yes

[@YungM.D.]

2:30 and lo and behold, that goes right to Season 2’s episode “D-Girl” and foreshadows Chris’ series-long fixation on movies and screenwriting. Fucking brilliant.

[@Asiandesignmajor]

David Chase could have probably wrote GoT S:8 E:5 a million times better without even without even reading a single page of the books or watching a single episode of the existing series

[@Anony298]

no, he couldn't. Writing isn't as simple as "good" or "bad", it may have been entertaining, sure, but it would've probably not been in line with the characters and style of GOT, but at least it'd be be entertaining rather than well... what we saw.

[@talentleesdorito9771]

Why is everyone acting like only season 8 was bad the show was going downhill since season 5

[@Poroner]

​@@talentleesdorito9771 Because people only care about the destination, not the journey.

[@daftbanna7202]

@@talentleesdorito9771 everything past s4 is not as good

[@03PaK]

@@Poroner where as sopranos and bb get better each season.. it’s almost like you don’t want a destination

[@ARMOSPHERE]

Shout out to this chanel from Armenia

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Shout out to Armenia from Behind the Curtain!

[@duncanmabob2]

Great video, Sopranos is something that somehow has had all the words written about it and yet new takes, or even fairly straightforward retreads of what has been said, always seem to unearth something new Would love to see a dive behind the scenes of the Americans, which I believe is a criminally underrated show

[@user-ce1qi1wg2b]

Amazing writers amazing show. Amazing video.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thank you!

[@Looneyboy]

hey I just finished this like a week ago! reading some Reddit posts along the way for more insight and reflection on certain scenes is fantastic. I'm also going to rewatch it because it's not a time wasting show

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Yes, I've learned so much through the subreddit as well. It makes the show that much better. Thanks for watching.

[@nameless.greyceo]

Best drama ever? The best thing on television and in media ever!

[@MaureenCozine-is8rg]

Best series ever Congratulations David Chase and to all the cast

[@themightyapefish]

I think the ending is great, if you pay attention it's pretty obvious that he got shot.

[@mmacaine]

How so? Because of the guy going to the bathroom to get the hand gun? Just like Tony's favorite scene in Godfather where Al Pacino goes in the bathroom and grabs the gun to shoot both of those guys in that restaurant scene? Is that why?

[@erickennedy4480]

Nope he went too prison . The FBI came got him in front of family watch again.

[@themightyapefish]

@@mmacaine Are you really asking?

[@themightyapefish]

@@erickennedy4480 Yeah alright.

[@mmacaine]

You like drinking soy lattes from Starbucks don't you? Am I hinting a little bit of you being a pussy?

[@balbanes1]

The Chemistry between all the actors in this show was so great they could have made an episode of them waiting at the DMV and it would be pure gold, Sopranos had Characters that were so rich, they didn't even have to have a great story.

[@ckaz007]

The Sopranos was a great show which was the story of a flawed king, Tony, who had two dysfunctional families he had to head. The writing was superb, which often contrasted the problems Tony had to solve between his two families. Throw in the supporting cast of characters and it was a great look into the modern struggles of an American family, even if you occasionally have to kill a few people.

[@Aayush12211]

"Stop writing jokes, let the situation be funny" Brilliant!

[@jacobh2147]

It goes sopranos>wire>breaking bad

[@ThomasTBerry]

Thanks for the video. I've watched parts of many of the source videos, but they're so long it's hard to get through. This compilation is invaluable. For future videos, I'd love to see other shows that were good all the way through like Deadwood and Mad Men. Also - and this may be asking too much - contrasting the approach of writers of the same show between their good seasons and bad ones. For example, GOT 1-4 vs. the rest, or Rick and Morty Season 1 vs the rest, and so on. Kind of a forensic analysis of what went wrong in the process.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Thomas! I really appreciate this comment. I love learning how these professionals write, but sometimes it's difficult to listen (or even find) these 3 hour long podcast interviews. I wanted to take the most valuable parts and present then in an entertaining way. I'm glad that you find it so worthwhile to watch. I'm going to keep making videos like this and I hope you stick around. You made my day, man.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

I'm always looking for new angles to take on this channel. I really like your idea of the per season analysis. I doubt they openly talk about writing a bad season themselves, so it would probably have to be an additional analysis that I give. I really like that idea, though! Thanks man.

[@stormin300]

The greatest show of all time.

[@nihilistcentraluk442]

Salut!

[@geessaess1707]

Chase is fucking more creative than Spielberg.

[@jonesey251]

I love the way they never let you get too close to the guys ... just when you were getting a little to cozy with them, they'd do something awful to remind you they're violent criminals

[@pauljohnlongua4093]

It looks like that this is a new channel. I don't subscribe to many channels, but this is one of the best channels out there. At first when I saw the title in my feed I would like, what does he mean by how was this written. I didn't know what that meant. But now I get it. And now I want more. Kudos to you guys. You saved me I'm watching another tik Tok compilation.

[@BehindtheCurtain]

Wow, I really appreciate this, Paul. I'm glad that this video exceeded your expectations and saved you from TikTok.

[@samkleinfilm]

Really like this channel. Appreciate you deep diving these great quotes. Think you could make a great one on The Wire