The Sopranos Sessions, Matt Zoller Seitz
The Sopranos Sessions, Matt Zoller Seitz
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The Sopranos Sessions

Author: Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall, David Chase, Laura Lippman

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 18 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/24/2020


Synopsis

On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist's office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for such giants as Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones. As TV critics for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, New Jersey's Star-Ledger, Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz were among the first to write about the series before it became a cultural phenomenon.

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the show's debut, Sepinwall and Seitz have reunited to produce The Sopranos Sessions, a collection of recaps, conversations, and critical essays covering every episode. Featuring a series of new long-form interviews with series creator David Chase, as well as selections from the authors' archival writing on the series, The Sopranos Sessions explores the show's artistry, themes, and legacy, examining its portrayal of Italian Americans, its graphic depictions of violence, and its deep connections to other cinematic and television classics.

Contains mature themes.

About Matt Zoller Seitz

Matt Zoller Seitz is the television critic for New York magazine and the editor in chief of rogerebert.com. He is the author of Mad Men Carousel and The Wes Anderson Collection. He lives in Brooklyn.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on April 02, 2019

To walk like a man in this world is to burn so slowly you won’t notice it until your soul has turned black. Almost nobody gives a damn about your life but you, and…there’s a good chance you don’t even give as much of a damn as you think. Not lines from the show, but they might have could have been -......more

Goodreads review by Caleb on February 18, 2019

I think I've probably watched the show seven times through in earnest, and it's been background noise a few more times over as well. That said, I only have a few friends who have even watched the show, fewer still who agree with me that The Sopranos is the best show ever made, which makes this book......more

Goodreads review by Kon on November 02, 2021

A book about such a beloved series is a daunting task. The authors want to write something as amazing as the show itself. So how did they do? I'm honestly torn between a 4 and 5, but settled for the 4. I had such high hopes coming into it. I was starving for new knowledge and insight. Yes, there is......more

Goodreads review by hyper on May 08, 2019

Much different from what I was expecting. The writers are longtime TV critics, and their observations tend more toward musical cues and callbacks than to much else. Guys, it's a serialized show. I get it that the characters reference things that happened before. Episode synopses rarely touch on plot......more

Goodreads review by Julie on January 19, 2019

My father got sick in the summer of 1999, shortly after The Sopranos aired its first season on HBO. And though it hadn’t yet become the watershed moment in television history that it was destined to become, my dad instantly and passionately adored this show. He was fascinated by “mob stuff” in gener......more