Speculation over The Sopranos ending continues and today we have someone who actually seems to know what he’s talking about. Bob Harris has written fiction for tv and in his post, ‘Tony Soprano didn’t just get whacked; he practically got a funeral,’ Harris walks us through all the clues that David Chase eluded to when he said, "it’s all there.”
Harris points out symbolism in the final episode to the last supper, catholic funeral rituals, color schemes and more and it all points to tony’s death and suggests that the last episode may even have been tony’s funeral. Awesome.
Fyi, this is the opening shot of the last episode…
Here are a few more examples of the insight you will find in Harris’ post…
Tony, Carmella and AJ each eat onion rings in the manner that one would eat a communion wafer at a Catholic funeral. Chase made sure shots of each made it to the final edit.
This shot of Tony seated at the restaurant is laid out in the same way as the last supper…
…Harris explains this as, ‘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, human forms on both sides of
the subject; etc.).’
If this interests you, you should read the post.
