Sam Roberts interviews David Chase on The Sopranos
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Creator of The Sopranos, David Chase, talks to Sam on The Sam Roberts Show about creating The Sopranos, writing in Sil, creative input, the Pine Barrens, Tony's fate, and a lot more.
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short of having Tony's brain splat on the dinner table, Chase pretty much spelled out the fact that Tony was killed at the end, yet there's ppl who still give theories on why he lived because they can't accept it. that's a powerful show.
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That's not their fault. It's the fault of the people who created that ambiguity.
It's really not that ambiguous. I think it's obvious that he died and no one is "at fault", certainly not the creators of the show.
He didn't die. He was about to be indicted. Either way he's fucked, but his family is fine.
@@HaleysComet81 He would have flipped, I can almost guarantee it. Tony was one of the biggest hypocrites on the show, he never would have stayed loyal had he been looking at 20 to life.
@@Zeppelin616 wouldn't have surprised me at all.
David Chase has the makings of a varsity director
chase was being a smartass on the pinebarren explanation in case you didnt realize it but that was one hell of a interviewer on this show
Shydawg hanbowski yeah it’s unlike him to explicitly explain something like that 😂
No, I don't think you realized correctly. That outline has been given in multiple interviews by different people as the draft of the story of what happened to Valery, the Russian that they were tinkering around with in the writer's room
Over ten years of the Russian storyline never being resolved and of all people it's Sam shitting Roberts that gets it out of him.
Well played, sir.
This interviewer (who btw is excellent) reminds me of Ralphie from the Sopranos. He both looks and talks like him..haha
He looks like Ralph? What?
just like ralphie, sam is also the victim of childhood sexual abuse.
Of course the most compelling and important matter which is not addressed in a conclusive manner on screen in The Sopranos is just how long Phil Leotardo's happy ass was standing in that motel room closet before Vito got there.
I doubt he was literally just standing in the closet im sure he saw vito pullup then jumped in.
He should’ve had balloons, played a kazoo, and yelled surprise.
The Sopranos was a show that purposely left a lot up to the viewers imagination. But humans as we are love conclusion and explanation so it’s hard for us to live with it. David Chase left the entire ending of the show up to viewers to decide how it goes on, that’s why 14 years after it’s ending (and probably for all time) people are still debating over what happened when the screen went black.
Tony was killed. It's not open for a debate. Optimists just want a happier ending is all
Ozymandias why isn’t it open for debate? It’s not about being optimistic. I personally like the idea that he was killed, but like it’s been said, it’s up to you
David Chase is a true advocate of auteur film making. An understated genius. But why did you kill CHRISTOPHER!?! WHY, OH WHY!?!?!
Not really
to hammer the point of the show in
Christopher was a loathsome punk
Great interview Sam. I know this was in 2013 which was 6 years after the Sopranos ended. What happens in the last scene- all you need to know is "members only" and the only reason the shows end fading to black unexpectedly and minutes earlier before the credits is that Tony was indeed shot by the guy coming out of the washroom wearing the Members Only jacket. Notice he orig walks into Hausten's (the NJ restaurant) following right behind AJ). This might suggest he had to shoot AJ first then Tony. AJ might have looked to his right before Tony, so he saw the hitman coming out with gun drawn before Tony notices.
This Tony gets shot theory has more to do with the simple fact that, at the very least, David Chase would not write a final episode that simply has the Soprano family sitting down to dinner in a restaurant. He did that on particular earlier ep with the fam sitting at home during Christmas. He would not do this for a finale ep like that so there is a reason we see them dining out that night.
Suspense is developed as Meadow has difficulty parallel parking her car. Meadow walks in just as the shooter is about to kill Tony for sure, and maybe AJ shortly before killing Tony. This is all from Tony's perspective so that means he sees Meadow a microsecond before he's shot. So the shooter comes out, gun drawn, shoots to his left AJ, then Tony just as Meadow walks into the restaurant having a full vantage point and sees everything. So the shooter would be walking past Carmela (seated at the table) and Meadow then he leaves. You only see what Tony see's in that last moment before he dies and screen goes black.
One other point, Tony chooses to listen to Journey after hearing Little Feat . Maybe he gets shot just because of his taste in music... kidding, sort of.
There's no way he would have warned Tony by shooting AJ first.. rookie move when trying to murder a mob boss.. no way in hell.
@@naughtymonkey1563 I wasnt suggesting that. AJ walks in before the shooter as if to symbolically protect Tony from him. It's one of those details I would guess David Chase was thinking about.
@@rixvspinner You didn't suggest it, you stated it explicitly twice. All good, just saying.
Excellent interview. Insightful, nuanced questions. 11:57 I say yes.
This is a tremendous interview. You got mad skillz, yo!
Mr Chase at the tippy top end of the interview is super appreciated lol
I didn't think that either Pine Barrens or Employee of the Month required any closure, but that is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT MATTER FROM ENDING THE SHOW LIKE THAT!!
193 views? This is quality stuff Sam Roberts!
I think I finally get the ending. Tony walks into the restaurant and envisions himself sitting at the table. From there, we never see him actually go sit down. I think from there we’re in Tony’s imagination. One big tell was how the guy in the members only jacket sits unnoticed, but Tony knows he’s there. We’re in the perspective of Tony.
I think he is envisioning how he thinks his life is going to play out. The music choice is so symbolic, and it’s his mind telling him either go to jail or get killed, and he chooses that being killed would be better. It’s quick and you don’t feel a thing. It’s comforting he knows that it’s any way he wants it for that split second.
No.
What does it mean that the music continues uninterrupted in the final scene of The Sopranos from the time Tony is standing in the doorway looking at the booth to him being shown sitting in the booth? Is the idea that it was only actually playing on the jukebox while he was sitting there, but faded in prior to that, or does it indicate that it isn't his waking life?
Also, are the airplane sounds relevant?
'Unclipped' The Non Bennington interview. Love ya Sam
David Chase is the father of Bob Saget's voice.
That's a GREAT theory! Revenge for his twin brother, similar to how/why Phil Leotardo wanted revenge for Tony Blundetto's murder of Phil's brother.
David Chase did his best work in buildings clad in a combination of bare and whitewashed old brick, often called "used brick" by those who seek it out for new construction. This kind of brick, with a more sandy composition than harder clay-like modern brick, was also kiln fired, but due to pockets of sand that resulted from incomplete mixing, dark glassy bubble-like things can occasionally be found on their surface, resembling evil eyes glaring out the flues of hell. These eyes had not merely been witnesses to mob hits over the ages, but in fact their true cause, and David Chase was one of the few able to appreciate the silent power and role of old bricks in the world of organized crime.
Holy shit. He just said the Russian in Pine Barrens survived with massive brain trauma and was flown back to Russia. That could have been 2-3 more episodes. The guy's boss would have suspected the Soprano crew was responsible and then Tony would have had to try to avert a war with the Russians. To skip that story line, it's better if the Russian was never found. But that's impossible. Even if he died, when the snows melted, his body would be discovered. It's all Paulie's fault.
Patsy Parisi's son is dating Meadow, Tony's daughter. He seemed genuinely happy and excited about that.
Very creepy at the end when he asks if TS is dead ... 6 weeks later from this post James dies.
Tony is dead sadly :( if not in the Sopranos then atleast in real life
@Michael Sauner if you believe Chase then I got some land in Florida I want you to take a look at..
TMPanos96 probably just cause you know.. dopamine 😂
the Russian explanation sounds silly because he doesn't care about the fate, it's whatever he says it is so that's what it is. If he cared about the russian, he would have come back somehow. I think it's the season 5 premiere where they joke about it at the table, telling the story, ending with they don't know what the fuck happened to him. That was put in most likely to sate the people still wondering.
though, because Valerie didn't end up back in NJ, didn't go to his friend, and Tony still did business with that friend, I'd say he died and wasn't found.
Carmela is now married to Furio. You do the maths.
Now I want zuppa toscana soup from Olive Garden lol
Opie Ant and Jim would have knocked this out of the park. You did aiight.
are you silly?
Very good interview Sam.
That's right; Little Steven doesn't have one of those blatantly Italian names like Chase.
David Henry DeCesare
he took his stepfathers last name, his paternal father and mother both had italian names
@@RG3FC333 His "Paternal father"? lol
@@naughtymonkey1563 haha i meant biological father
@@RG3FC333 My next question was going to be "paternal mother"? #CaitlynJenner ? lol
say what you want about the Russian explanation but it's the best one I've heard. the tree one doesn't do it for me
That explanation of what happened to the Russian was absurd. Found in the snow by Boy Scouts in the dead of winter? He would've been frozen.
But he killed 16 Czechoslovakians. And he was an interior decorator!
I agree vic ...absurd ...t shirt and sweats and he is found alive ....smh
RB2331 he used to wash his balls in ice water.. this was warm for him
@@RB2331 Not at all absurd for that character. Hello even Paulie and Chris survived and they're idiots and have no knowledge of what to do in that situation compared to Valery.
excellent interview
Great interview
I think the Russian mafia guy had Tony killed
I don't buy the Pine Barren explanation, he did not seem sure. Things like that should have been put in the show, not left for the radio station x years later.
It would have been better if he said the Russian guy climbed the tree and circled back and he was hopped in paisley car that was turned on because Paulo’s car was stolen
And 2001's ending has a specific meaning, so that's not a good example at all. Stanley Kubrick actually gave its mystery school, Illuminati, New Age, NWO, "illumined man", one world totalitarian socialism meaning in an interview.
Kissai Sith Jen'ari it is a good example because nobody would Ave figured that out without Kubrick's input. same with chases stuff
Shouldn't somebody be tucking you in about now, after they X-ray your digestive tract to make sure you haven't swallowed too much change?
It's NOT a good example at all, and there's nothing for me to do to show that but repeat myself. The problem lies with your fucking stupidity.
In fact, you stupidly made the point yet again by stating no one would have figured out the 2001 ending!! That's the fucking point!! It isn't an ambiguous thing that you can figure out based on what's in the movie; it requires awareness of mystery school teachings!! Therefore, to compare the ending of the Sopranos series to that and claim they're examples of the same thing means you're saying there's no way for the audience to figure THAT out without some special knowledge not in the Sopranos series, which is totally contradictory to David Chase claiming it is "all there" and everything has an answer in the series!!
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'Employee of the month' should be called 'The-rapist'
how he do that?????
Great movie by the way
9:55
im more concerned with Paulie's car being gone.. who took it? kids? like they thought who took it?
It was towed
@@ricoconti3141 so why didn't he get it back and collect the money that was in there?
So what happened to paulies car??? Wtf...
His movie should be called not fade to black
Patsy Parisi set up Tony.
You know what would have been a much better ending? If Tony, Carmella, Janice and Bobby had all been killed in the woods by a member of the Voorhees family during that Soprano Home Movies episode and then the rest of the season had been the incompetents from the Soprano family trying to hunt the killer down and being picked off.
maybe because of the letter Z...btw I
sounds like shatner
Well hopefully Valery is having his life vibrations at a more peaceful level in Russia
why not ask about the ending if tony is dead or alive???? thats what we all want to know from david chase
Tony is dead.
Chase revealed a couple years ago that Tony DID NOT die.
No he didn't. It's obvious that he died.
Grekerslund Look it up. And why is it so obvious?
"why not ask about the ending if tony is dead or alive???? thats what we all want to know from david chase"
Because Sam wanted to be the coool guy who was sucking David Chase's ass to say "I'm with you, David. Fuck the fans!!" I wish Brock had punched his heart out like Jason did to Ron Palillo at the beginning of Jason Lives.
Oh, literal fastone129
So? Creating it wasn't enough? lol
Chase looks tired man.
WAEE
Dont like the way he depicted black people in his creation. Made us look weak and dumb which is not true.
Lamar Lamar shut up snowflake
You mean the moulinyan?
@@WuTangClan-og5ml stop being tough on internet.
@@jchors2947 u know u love us. From our music to the way we talk, to our swag yall trin to be like us. We are building businesses around the world me personally dont work for nobody but myself i am my own boss so fuck you.
@@ratedRblazin420 who's arguing???? And why say anything at all?