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<blockquote data-quote="Twistid" data-source="post: 3038669" data-attributes="member: 555101"><p>tony soprano is dead</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bobharris.com/content/view/1406/1" target="_blank">http://www.bobharris.com/content/view/1406/1</a></p><p></p><p>Another strikingly obvious bit of information: shortly before his death, David Chase very briefly frames Tony in a shot that visually quotes the Last Supper (one-point perspective, special holy light from above (more obvious in the footage than the grab), a long horizontal base supporting triangular composition on both sides of the subject, etc.).</p><p></p><p>We’ll get back to this imagery shortly. Hardly surprising, then, that Tony’s last conversation with Carm mentions his own personal Judas. And we all know what happened after the Last Supper.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/lastsupper.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The episode actually opens with a harbinger of Tony’s funeral, plain as day. Remember, David Chase personally directed for the first time since the series premiere. And David Chase’s very first shot in eight years is of Tony Soprano lying flat on his back, viewed from above, much as if we are looking down on him in his coffin.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/tonycoffin2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Tony stirs, the music starts to rock, and Tony begins his day. But about five minutes in, Tony’s eating an orange. This is a specific reference both to the Godfather series and to earlier Sopranos episodes: in simplest, familiar form, Orange = Death. [if you need an explanation, see the updates at end of the post. Start by remembering that both Michael and Don Vito Corleone died with oranges; the former in his hand, the latter in his mouth.] Apparently this is news to some people, but as a reference it's so well-established and on the nose that I was surprised to see it. It’s almost cliché.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/tonyorange4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Speaking of which, there’s a lot of fuss about the big orange cat (note the color; to a writer as careful as Chase, this probably would not have been arbitrary). There’s really no need to debate its meaning. This is carefully-crafted fiction, so as a rule, things generally mean what the characters anticipate they mean; that’s how harbingers and foreboding often work. Otherwise, we'd have only our own prior cultural references to know what to fear. And Paulie could not be clearer that the creature is a Bad Omen. Of what? Through the episode, the cat is literally focused on a reminder of death – specifically, Tony’s murder of Christopher, who was almost a surrogate son.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, sure, but the orange cat doesn’t actually show up when Tony supposedly dies, does he? Sure he does – in an almost laughably large way. David Chase chose to shoot the final scene in a dessert shop in Bloomfield, New Jersey, where the actual mascot of the town’s real high school football team is the same as that of nearby Princeton University -- an orange tiger. In the Last Supper shot, guess what David Chase shows us, beyond Tony’s right shoulder?</p><p></p><p>A bigass orange cat three feet high, that’s what. <strong>The framing is actually pushed slightly to that side, favoring the cat.</strong></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/lastsupper.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Soon, onion rings appear. (Yes, still more orange food. And I feel like I’m being hit by a hammer at this point.) And then something else truly odd happens – all three consume the onion rings not the way that ordinary human beings eat onion rings – bite off a chunk, chew, swallow, etc. – but by sliding the whole rings onto their tongues. Like communion wafers.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/ajcommunion.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/carmelaonionring.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/tonycommunion.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>read more in the link, he basically spells it out in black and white, hes dead</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twistid, post: 3038669, member: 555101"] tony soprano is dead [URL="http://www.bobharris.com/content/view/1406/1"]http://www.bobharris.com/content/view/1406/1[/URL] Another strikingly obvious bit of information: shortly before his death, David Chase very briefly frames Tony in a shot that visually quotes the Last Supper (one-point perspective, special holy light from above (more obvious in the footage than the grab), a long horizontal base supporting triangular composition on both sides of the subject, etc.). We’ll get back to this imagery shortly. Hardly surprising, then, that Tony’s last conversation with Carm mentions his own personal Judas. And we all know what happened after the Last Supper. [IMG]http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/lastsupper.jpg[/IMG] The episode actually opens with a harbinger of Tony’s funeral, plain as day. Remember, David Chase personally directed for the first time since the series premiere. And David Chase’s very first shot in eight years is of Tony Soprano lying flat on his back, viewed from above, much as if we are looking down on him in his coffin. [IMG]http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/tonycoffin2.jpg[/IMG] Tony stirs, the music starts to rock, and Tony begins his day. But about five minutes in, Tony’s eating an orange. This is a specific reference both to the Godfather series and to earlier Sopranos episodes: in simplest, familiar form, Orange = Death. [if you need an explanation, see the updates at end of the post. Start by remembering that both Michael and Don Vito Corleone died with oranges; the former in his hand, the latter in his mouth.] Apparently this is news to some people, but as a reference it's so well-established and on the nose that I was surprised to see it. It’s almost cliché. [IMG]http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/tonyorange4.jpg[/IMG] Speaking of which, there’s a lot of fuss about the big orange cat (note the color; to a writer as careful as Chase, this probably would not have been arbitrary). There’s really no need to debate its meaning. This is carefully-crafted fiction, so as a rule, things generally mean what the characters anticipate they mean; that’s how harbingers and foreboding often work. Otherwise, we'd have only our own prior cultural references to know what to fear. And Paulie could not be clearer that the creature is a Bad Omen. Of what? Through the episode, the cat is literally focused on a reminder of death – specifically, Tony’s murder of Christopher, who was almost a surrogate son. Yeah, sure, but the orange cat doesn’t actually show up when Tony supposedly dies, does he? Sure he does – in an almost laughably large way. David Chase chose to shoot the final scene in a dessert shop in Bloomfield, New Jersey, where the actual mascot of the town’s real high school football team is the same as that of nearby Princeton University -- an orange tiger. In the Last Supper shot, guess what David Chase shows us, beyond Tony’s right shoulder? A bigass orange cat three feet high, that’s what. [B]The framing is actually pushed slightly to that side, favoring the cat.[/B] [IMG]http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/lastsupper.jpg[/IMG] Soon, onion rings appear. (Yes, still more orange food. And I feel like I’m being hit by a hammer at this point.) And then something else truly odd happens – all three consume the onion rings not the way that ordinary human beings eat onion rings – bite off a chunk, chew, swallow, etc. – but by sliding the whole rings onto their tongues. Like communion wafers. [IMG]http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/ajcommunion.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/carmelaonionring.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.bobharris.com/images/stories/Sopranos/tonycommunion.jpg[/IMG] read more in the link, he basically spells it out in black and white, hes dead [/QUOTE]
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