I could honestly listen to these guys do Q&A sessions all day!!! What I wouldn’t give to sit down and have coffee with these two! Truly brilliant and honorable men.
Michael always puts out excellent videos. Since I’ve been listening to him for the last 2 to 2 1/2 years, I have never known him to put out a mediocre video. If this is part 2, I have got to find part 1!!!!
Going back to Christian movies, The Ten Commandments with Charleston Heston, The greatest story ever told with Peter Otool and Ben Hur with Heston again were great movies that we still watch today specially around Christmas and Easter. Even Cleopatra with Liz Taylor and Richard Burton based on the Roman Empire and Egypt was as amazing. Great movies are like great books. They stand the test of time.
Hey guys! I agree completely about the sopranos ending. Maybe it was a possible moral compass case on thinking about how it ends. Remember the ending in the book Of Mice and Men? George put a bullet in Lenny’s head. Was it to save him from being tortured and sparing him the pain? Or was is it out of anger? Great podcast. Keep the material coming! God bless
It was to save him from the pain etc... innocence had no place in a brutal world. It was not about George's anger at all. If people actually pay attention to the words on the page , it's clear .
Very nice fellas I enjoyed this today and I learned something new today about how witness protection was started ... God Bless you both ... todays my 64th birthday wanting to shake both your hands someday soon ... peace to you may the Heavenly Father protect each of you and your familys ...
I donno why people are that confused by Sopranos ending, I mean if you watch it only one time and you kinda speed run and don't completely pay attention to details it can be confusing but if you watch it more and with attention it makes so much sense, the last two seasons they're really showing you how Tony is losing control and most of all he's really giving up and not caring about what happens, he kinda lets it go, he tries to change after he comes out of a coma and fails and becomes even worse, tries to kill Paulie after he realizes he betrayed the family but can't do it(basically kinda lets a loose end hang because he doesn't care that much anymore)everybody around him either dies, rats or goes to jail and he knows that's happening to him most likely sooner than later, and killing Christopher basically shows his character arc is in the last stage, I mean Christopher is basically an extension of him and its not like he just dies, Tony kills him, willingly, and aside from that they talk a lot about how when you get shot you don't even know it happens, it just goes black and that's what happens at the end, and that's not even the focus, what happens to Tony is not what the writing focused on, that's the obvious part, what mattered was the psychological aspect, how it happened, the human condition, what brought him to this, how much he was like his mother, etc, it was an amazing and grim season, very dark
Love you two sharing stories. Much respect. ♥️ My dad was involved in the drug business and we went to see passion of the christ in the theaters. He was so annoyed at everyone crying and bursting into tears LOL. But he was really wanting to see it at first and the theater was sold out. Ill never forget it.
@@deibtryin Yes, but I don't agree with the general consensus. I've read that David Chase was in negotiations with James Gandolfini to make a Sopranos movie - this is probably one of the reasons that the ending was so oblique?
@deibsama he died . If he didn't die, the themes --and the plot --make no sense . And the writers are good . There is nothing ambiguous about thr ending . It's death. Dead. Shane, Tony S---dead .
Mr.Chazz I can say this I honestly liked every movie you were in.i have no acting classes but I wish I could get in as a actor for one of your films. I could play a mob boss or something or if you ever did a biography about your life.
I hate spending a week reading what appears to be a really good book and it just fizzles out at the end, really grinds my gears, which is why im writing my own book 📖
I live in Tucson, Az. And in the late 70’s, I worked at a men’s clothing store Dave Bloom & Son, at the time I didn’t know who anything about Mr. Joe B, until the one of the owners introduced me to him, Mr. B asked me if I knew him? Which at the time I didn’t, and could only reply with, is if he worked with my Grandfather who was a Freemason, who was known for his great work in building custom fireplaces and he had the best reaction, just laughing like it was the funniest thing he ever had heard, from then on after his suits were done being altered, I had to deliver them to his home. At that time I only knew about the movie The Godfather, my favorite movie of all time, he was a Great tipper
THE MOVIE JADE THAT CHAZZ DID WAS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF THAT YEAR IT WAS A CLIFFHANGER TILL THE END OTHER THEN A BRONX TALE BOTH WHERE INCREDIBLE AND VERY WELL DONE FROM A CINEMATIC PROSPECTIVE
I think sopranos ending was amazing. he's sitting at the booth, and when the door opens he lok up & we are seeing Tony's point of view thru his eyes of the person walking in. than the door opens u hear the bell, & it turns black & silent. because I think that's where he was killed & we are seeing his perspective of black silence of death.
6:49 mark The movie that comes to mind is Mars Attacks!, which has Tim Burton as the director and a star-studded cast. To say the film flopped is an understatement.
The script IS the movie. When I was in my 20s, we knew the names of great script writers. You knew who Robert Towne was as well as you knew who Roman Polanski was
Passion of the Christ succeeded to some degree that it was helmed by Mel Gibson but I really believe the authenticity of the time and place with the language and honesty of cruxifixion sold it. But after having watched it over 100 times, I have begun to see the flaws. What can I say? What do you think about Bruce Beresford's King David and Martin Scorsese's Last Temptation of Christ?
First time I have seen your show and I will be watching all the time now. You and Michael ɓoùnce off each other. Do some more shows together please Thanks for agreat show. Stay Free and healthy people. Thanks again John G
there's this video I watched that went so deep with the clues and had such concrete and accurate explanations I was blown away by how much of the last season I didn't understand, if you wanna understand the ending watch a video titled "the sopranos ending explained once and for all" by Rick Worley
Mr Franzese, I sent you a photo edit I did and my resume I believe I sent it to the wrong place though. I got back a customer receipt ticket. What is the best way to contact you regarding employment?
Luciano wasn’t the first to organise like that I forget the guys name but there was someone before him just the two roles where slightly different but tbf the internet wasn’t around for most of michaels life but there was sort of something before that.
The actual quote is the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. Which to me means the things we go through the blood we shed with others forms a tighter bond then just sharing some ancestry.
I worked for a grocery chain from 17-18. It was in Birmingham Al. (Michael You need to come to Bham! The name of this chain was: Bruno's..of course we had the grocery workers union. Anyway, the union wanted us to strike because of some insurance deals in can't remember.im 64 now. Any way the night we were going to vote here comes Mr. Joe and Mr. Anthony Bruno in their Caddy. The voting was going on. Mr Joe and Mr Anthony walked up to the union guys. They got and went into am office. We did not want to strike. A few minutes later the union guys walked over packed their stuff and left. The Bruno's told us not to worry. Back to work tomorrow. You all get a quarter raise and they left. This was back in the early mid 70s and a quarter raise was a big deal.
The Sopranos had a great ending. You were looking through Tony's eyes at his daughters face when she walked into the diner and she saw the guys shoot Tony in the back of the head.
this is the first time I've heard from anyone that they didn't like Sopranos ending obviously Michael and Chazz didn't understand it, the last scene was a pay-off for a massive amounts of set ups during the season, all kinds of little lines explained the ending, from the godfather restaurant reference, to not hearing it when it happens, to the killer looking like Eugene, Meadow doing a double park and failing two times resembling the two previous failed hits on Tony, and many, MANY other clues, and it had philosophic themes to it as well, but Michael doesn't like it because he wanted the ending to be spoonfed to him, a regular typical ending where you don't have to think about it and its obvious and standard.
Yeah I agree, the bulk of stuff identified as "Christian" movies are cheesy and sappy. And you are right, its just a movie. And the Sopranos ending was perfect, but you had to understand what the series was about: Family.
I'm 44. When I was a young child I used to visit a 90 year old man. He was nice would give us candy..had a fake name. Pictures of him and Al Capone. Harlan Iowa
Liked the show. One thing ya got wrong Micjael on how long that witness protection program is for life according to the government website . They can quit the program, get kicked out for contacting old acquaintances... Now remember, that info is from the govt website so take it for what it is worth
In the film American Me, there is an encounter between the Mexican Mafia and the Cosa Nostra, however I can't find any proof that it actually happened, the only fact I can find is that the Cosa Nostra did have presence in Los Angeles once upon a time
The movies business is very democratic, the majority rule. So if moves arent being made, there arent enough people interested. If they were, the movie would be made. It's not about "good", "bad", or "art", it's about popularity.
"some director wanna make the audience keep guessing" Michael, that's literally how art works, the writer respects your intelligence enough to put the clues and everything in front of you and let you decide who's the good guy, who's the bad guy, what was the meaning behind all this, everybody knows a great writer leaves it up to interpretation 'show, don't tell' these are fundamentals of Cinema, plus there's so many clues in the writing, its not like its a random ending, the ending is a massive pay-off to a huge amount of set ups
Well I can say this, Sonny in Bronx Tale was way more scary than that poof Vito Corleone. As a matter of fact Chaz Palminteri did such a good job of playing Sonny, that I'm afraid of him in real life. I fear Chaz more than Mr. Franzese, who in reality was a real made guy.
Hollywood made some great movies based on religion, back in the day. The Ten Commandments, Ben Her, The Robe, and others were great pictures that made money. Not anymore?
Sopranos is my all time favorite show. Will never be beat. Watched entire series 20 times. Worst ending in tv/cinema history. I just made my own ending that he was shot in the back of the head in front of his family as soon as meadow walks in. Due to Bobby and Tony talking while fishing and he says “it probably just all goes black when it happens” which might be the ending anyway. But the ending was bs.
My step father went into the WPP in 72 for ratting on Genovese Family. He was a Lobbyist on Capitol Hill, he supplied coke and prostitutes..but he did a hit..i finally got my hands on the info. One day he was there, than he wasnt.
Yes, you need a great ending. Much like Sopranos I think that the last episode of Seinfeld was bad. Very contrived and weak...but thankfully they did 10 years of brilliant comedy.
I could honestly listen to these guys do Q&A sessions all day!!! What I wouldn’t give to sit down and have coffee with these two! Truly brilliant and honorable men.
Michael always puts out excellent videos. Since I’ve been listening to him for the last 2 to 2 1/2 years, I have never known him to put out a mediocre video. If this is part 2, I have got to find part 1!!!!
Going back to Christian movies, The Ten Commandments with Charleston Heston, The greatest story ever told with Peter Otool and Ben Hur with Heston again were great movies that we still watch today specially around Christmas and Easter. Even Cleopatra with Liz Taylor and Richard Burton based on the Roman Empire and Egypt was as amazing. Great movies are like great books. They stand the test of time.
Gentleman. We need more Myth or Fact. That was awesome!
I think the Bronx tale is definitely one of the greatest movies ever written made
Im really glad these two came together to do a podcast. Theyre good friends for real and have great report together.
I could listen to these 2 gentlemen all day long
I didn't know Chazz was this hilarious 😂
So glad the internet has this show, there's hope for humanity!
YOU GUYS ARE A GREAT TEAM. 🥰🥰🥰
I'm really enjoying this podcast. You guys are great together..
It's stellar how you guys compare the storytelling of books & films to real life world lessons. Thanks for the feedback!
Hey guys! I agree completely about the sopranos ending. Maybe it was a possible moral compass case on thinking about how it ends.
Remember the ending in the book Of Mice and Men? George put a bullet in Lenny’s head. Was it to save him from being tortured and sparing him the pain? Or was is it out of anger?
Great podcast. Keep the material coming! God bless
He died .
We lived with Tony throughout it all. The fade to black was us getting to experience his death along with him.
@@conormccormack7841 facts
It was to save him from the pain etc... innocence had no place in a brutal world.
It was not about George's anger at all. If people actually pay attention to the words on the page , it's clear .
Maybe Shane lived too? 🤔 lol
Love you two guys together. Please don’t stop
A Bronx Tale was the best movie ever!!!!!!!!
Hi! How are you? Fact: This podcast is the perfect complement to my afternoon break. Looking forward to the stories ☕️
Two old great guys,
Your book series got me back into reading, I forgot how fun it was. Thanks, please keep the book series going.
Man stop books are not fun
Very nice fellas I enjoyed this today and I learned something new today about how witness protection was started ... God Bless you both ... todays my 64th birthday wanting to shake both your hands someday soon ... peace to you may the Heavenly Father protect each of you and your familys ...
Loved this video !!!
Great topics and questions, love ur guys’ videos 👍
I donno why people are that confused by Sopranos ending, I mean if you watch it only one time and you kinda speed run and don't completely pay attention to details it can be confusing but if you watch it more and with attention it makes so much sense, the last two seasons they're really showing you how Tony is losing control and most of all he's really giving up and not caring about what happens, he kinda lets it go, he tries to change after he comes out of a coma and fails and becomes even worse, tries to kill Paulie after he realizes he betrayed the family but can't do it(basically kinda lets a loose end hang because he doesn't care that much anymore)everybody around him either dies, rats or goes to jail and he knows that's happening to him most likely sooner than later, and killing Christopher basically shows his character arc is in the last stage, I mean Christopher is basically an extension of him and its not like he just dies, Tony kills him, willingly, and aside from that they talk a lot about how when you get shot you don't even know it happens, it just goes black and that's what happens at the end, and that's not even the focus, what happens to Tony is not what the writing focused on, that's the obvious part, what mattered was the psychological aspect, how it happened, the human condition, what brought him to this, how much he was like his mother, etc, it was an amazing and grim season, very dark
Chazz as Sonny is my favorte character ever !!!
I love you guys!!!
Tony 100% got killed at the end of Sopranos. All the clues are there.
David Chase himself said the fade to black ending was exactly what it is, an open ended ending not a metaphor
@@thedevollsadvocate He said all the clues were there.
I love these topics. This podcast is off the charts. Keep it up. 👍👍
there is nothing wrong with the volume i can hear everything crystal clear , i swear . love the podcast btw .
this two should have a time in cable, there's nothing like this, good stuff.
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC guys!!! God Bless
2 of my favorite Brilliant Badasses!! ❤💪💪 ❤💪💪
Love you two sharing stories. Much respect. ♥️
My dad was involved in the drug business and we went to see passion of the christ in the theaters. He was so annoyed at everyone crying and bursting into tears LOL. But he was really wanting to see it at first and the theater was sold out. Ill never forget it.
Great content gentlemen. Keep it coming. Thanks.
The Usual Suspects...Nobody Saw Keyser Soze Until The Very End....BRILLIANT ENDING!!😂
Benicio was a trip
The Sopranos ending was brilliant - people are still discussing it almost twenty years later!
Agreed . If you don't know what happened, you weren't paying attention for shit .
Yep, it's now stood the test of time, and was a shockingly cool way to end the series.
So the general consensus is that Tony got clipped?
@@deibtryin Yes, but I don't agree with the general consensus. I've read that David Chase was in negotiations with James Gandolfini to make a Sopranos movie - this is probably one of the reasons that the ending was so oblique?
@deibsama he died . If he didn't die, the themes --and the plot --make no sense . And the writers are good . There is nothing ambiguous about thr ending . It's death. Dead.
Shane, Tony S---dead .
The final scene in Sopranos was a wonderful way to end it. "You probably don't even hear it."
Mr.Chazz I can say this I honestly liked every movie you were in.i have no acting classes but I wish I could get in as a actor for one of your films. I could play a mob boss or something or if you ever did a biography about your life.
When is the next podcast coming out ?
Would love to hear a story about Chaz on the show Wiseguy with Ken Whal and Jonathan Banks
These guys are great too man thank you for making everyday life and family life that much easier you know what I mean
The Chosen has done extremely well independently...🙏
Awesome segment, gentlemen!
I am your biggest fan! Looking forward to the next!
Plus the GOP debate is on tonight!
Great day!
The best movie in my opinion is once upon a time in America I love that movie all 4 hours of it.
I hate spending a week reading what appears to be a really good book and it just fizzles out at the end, really grinds my gears, which is why im writing my own book 📖
Is Hollywood all about The Money?
I'd have to say no. Because they keep making/releasing movies that are guaranteed to anger LARGE numbers people.
Speaking of work movies , do not watch the new transformers
@@johnscanlon2598
Being 75 I am NOT in their prime demographic. 🙂
I do recall watching some of the cartoons.
I live in Tucson, Az. And in the late 70’s, I worked at a men’s clothing store Dave Bloom & Son, at the time I didn’t know who anything about Mr. Joe B, until the one of the owners introduced me to him, Mr. B asked me if I knew him? Which at the time I didn’t, and could only reply with, is if he worked with my Grandfather who was a Freemason, who was known for his great work in building custom fireplaces and he had the best reaction, just laughing like it was the funniest thing he ever had heard, from then on after his suits were done being altered, I had to deliver them to his home. At that time I only knew about the movie The Godfather, my favorite movie of all time, he was a Great tipper
These two are Fantastic together
Michae your ... anointed
THE MOVIE JADE THAT CHAZZ DID WAS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF THAT YEAR IT WAS A CLIFFHANGER TILL THE END OTHER THEN A BRONX TALE BOTH WHERE INCREDIBLE AND VERY WELL DONE FROM A CINEMATIC PROSPECTIVE
Can you do another part to this I loved it!!! Love you guys keep it up
Great episode, fellas!!! I've known about omerta an the one page one minute thing for years. Have a nice day!!! ✌️an❤
I think sopranos ending was amazing.
he's sitting at the booth, and when the door opens he lok up & we are seeing Tony's point of view thru his eyes of the person walking in. than the door opens u hear the bell, & it turns black & silent. because I think that's where he was killed & we are seeing his perspective of black silence of death.
6:49 mark
The movie that comes to mind is Mars Attacks!, which has Tim Burton as the director and a star-studded cast.
To say the film flopped is an understatement.
Thanks!
The script is the blueprint.
The script IS the movie.
When I was in my 20s, we knew the names of great script writers. You knew who Robert Towne was as well as you knew who Roman Polanski was
Passion of the Christ succeeded to some degree that it was helmed by Mel Gibson but I really believe the authenticity of the time and place with the language and honesty of cruxifixion sold it.
But after having watched it over 100 times, I have begun to see the flaws. What can I say?
What do you think about Bruce Beresford's King David and Martin Scorsese's Last Temptation of Christ?
First time I have seen your show and I will be watching all the time now. You and Michael ɓoùnce off each other. Do some more shows together please Thanks for agreat show. Stay Free and healthy people. Thanks again John G
great video watchen right now btw great sitdown with anthony ruggiano jr god bless be safe there
there's this video I watched that went so deep with the clues and had such concrete and accurate explanations I was blown away by how much of the last season I didn't understand, if you wanna understand the ending watch a video titled "the sopranos ending explained once and for all" by Rick Worley
As someone that loves the movie The Crow I am shocked but I do believe what he said about Hollywood I love that movie rip Brandon lee
enjoing it very much
Good content!
Luciano that Guy so are u Mr Michael God bless u and your grandson sir Mr Chazz your that Guy too OG stay up.
as a younger guy who finished watching the sopranos in 2017 i thought the ending was great. did people in the early 2000s not like it?
Mr Franzese,
I sent you a photo edit I did and my resume I believe I sent it to the wrong place though. I got back a customer receipt ticket. What is the best way to contact you regarding employment?
Luciano wasn’t the first to organise like that I forget the guys name but there was someone before him just the two roles where slightly different but tbf the internet wasn’t around for most of michaels life but there was sort of something before that.
The actual quote is the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. Which to me means the things we go through the blood we shed with others forms a tighter bond then just sharing some ancestry.
I worked for a grocery chain from 17-18. It was in Birmingham Al. (Michael You need to come to Bham! The name of this chain was: Bruno's..of course we had the grocery workers union. Anyway, the union wanted us to strike because of some insurance deals in can't remember.im 64 now. Any way the night we were going to vote here comes Mr. Joe and Mr. Anthony Bruno in their Caddy. The voting was going on. Mr Joe and Mr Anthony walked up to the union guys. They got and went into am office. We did not want to strike. A few minutes later the union guys walked over packed their stuff and left. The Bruno's told us not to worry. Back to work tomorrow. You all get a quarter raise and they left. This was back in the early mid 70s and a quarter raise was a big deal.
What do you think happend in the ending of the sopranos Michael and Chazz?
“The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” is the real quote.. dunno why it was shortened to a different meaning
The Sopranos had a great ending. You were looking through Tony's eyes at his daughters face when she walked into the diner and she saw the guys shoot Tony in the back of the head.
Love the videos, but, am I the only one who thinks the audio is too low?
this is the first time I've heard from anyone that they didn't like Sopranos ending
obviously Michael and Chazz didn't understand it, the last scene was a pay-off for a massive amounts of set ups during the season, all kinds of little lines explained the ending, from the godfather restaurant reference, to not hearing it when it happens, to the killer looking like Eugene, Meadow doing a double park and failing two times resembling the two previous failed hits on Tony, and many, MANY other clues, and it had philosophic themes to it as well, but Michael doesn't like it because he wanted the ending to be spoonfed to him, a regular typical ending where you don't have to think about it and its obvious and standard.
Im not Christian but loved passion of christ
great
Yeah I agree, the bulk of stuff identified as "Christian" movies are cheesy and sappy. And you are right, its just a movie.
And the Sopranos ending was perfect, but you had to understand what the series was about: Family.
What do people that always lived in Italy think of the mafia do they think you guys were Americanized
I'm 44. When I was a young child I used to visit a 90 year old man. He was nice would give us candy..had a fake name. Pictures of him and Al Capone. Harlan Iowa
Liked the show. One thing ya got wrong Micjael on how long that witness protection program is for life according to the government website . They can quit the program, get kicked out for contacting old acquaintances... Now remember, that info is from the govt website so take it for what it is worth
Even Martin Scorsese couldn’t escape the controversy with his film the last temptation of Christ. His film silence was great to
God bless
Cecil B demille has to be the wisest director ever, do biblical stories, A, the bible isn't copyright ©️ protected , 2, the stories are already written for you, and D, there's a huge fan base 👍 Cecil was a proper wiseguy.
A great example of the script over star power just look at the John travolta “Gotti” movie
In the film American Me, there is an encounter between the Mexican Mafia and the Cosa Nostra, however I can't find any proof that it actually happened, the only fact I can find is that the Cosa Nostra did have presence in Los Angeles once upon a time
Michael how many seasons do you predict your tv series will be ?
Michael did you know Paulie Lefty aka the Judge?
No i cant leave
The movies business is very democratic, the majority rule. So if moves arent being made, there arent enough people interested. If they were, the movie would be made. It's not about "good", "bad", or "art", it's about popularity.
"some director wanna make the audience keep guessing" Michael, that's literally how art works, the writer respects your intelligence enough to put the clues and everything in front of you and let you decide who's the good guy, who's the bad guy, what was the meaning behind all this, everybody knows a great writer leaves it up to interpretation
'show, don't tell' these are fundamentals of Cinema, plus there's so many clues in the writing, its not like its a random ending, the ending is a massive pay-off to a huge amount of set ups
My favorite is a Bronx Tale. All others are too Hollywood fake. As far as actual fictional, I like Marcellous Wallace, especially the end with Bruce.
How tf does pulp fiction fit into any of this ?
100% agree with this, bronx tale is brilliant !
Got to see the one man play a couple of weeks ago. If you get the chance go see it.
I mean, Godfather is far better than Bronx Tale, and is a perfect encapsulation of the mafia after WW2.
Well I can say this, Sonny in Bronx Tale was way more scary than that poof Vito Corleone. As a matter of fact Chaz Palminteri did such a good job of playing Sonny, that I'm afraid of him in real life. I fear Chaz more than Mr. Franzese, who in reality was a real made guy.
Just got the. Book Charlie lucky. The Broadway gangster. By. N j. Moran.
Hollywood made some great movies based on religion, back in the day. The Ten Commandments, Ben Her, The Robe, and others were great pictures that made money. Not anymore?
BEST MOVIE LAST 20 YEARS IS " HEAT"
Sopranos is my all time favorite show. Will never be beat. Watched entire series 20 times. Worst ending in tv/cinema history. I just made my own ending that he was shot in the back of the head in front of his family as soon as meadow walks in. Due to Bobby and Tony talking while fishing and he says “it probably just all goes black when it happens” which might be the ending anyway. But the ending was bs.
Why dont u Bring Robert se Niro or Al pacino?!
Or Someone else
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A question about Harvey Weinstein would have been interesting.
My step father went into the WPP in 72 for ratting on Genovese Family. He was a Lobbyist on Capitol Hill, he supplied coke and prostitutes..but he did a hit..i finally got my hands on the info. One day he was there, than he wasnt.
Sup yall!!!
👍🏻
Yes, you need a great ending. Much like Sopranos I think that the last episode of Seinfeld was bad. Very contrived and weak...but thankfully they did 10 years of brilliant comedy.