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[Alex] Were you nervous about shooting the pilot?
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Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos

Were you nervous aboutshooting the pilot? Thinking, like,this is my opportunity now to be...

[Alex] Were you nervous about
shooting the pilot? Thinking, like,
this is my opportunity now to be a director? [David] Uh... yeah.
Sure, I was nervous, yeah. I mean, I had directed
some before that, but, yeah, I was very nervous. I depended on
Alik Sakharov a lot, DP. [Alik] I remember it was
the first or second week of prep on the pilot. David would walk into
the office, put his feet up, look out the window, and just like gray mood

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[Alex] Were you nervous about shooting the pilot?
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Thinking, like, this is my opportunity
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now to be a director?
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[David] Uh... yeah. Sure, I was nervous, yeah.
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I mean, I had directed some before that,
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but, yeah, I was very nervous.
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I depended on Alik Sakharov a lot, DP.
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[Alik] I remember it was the first or second week
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of prep on the pilot.
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David would walk into the office, put his feet up,
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look out the window,
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and just like gray mood.
Duration
30 seconds
Views
84
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:09
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
B.R.C. Produzione Film

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Movie Summary

Firsthand accounts and revelations from the people who brought the groundbreaking series to life.
S01 • E02 So yeah, I think... I think it may have taken a toll on him. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:06
So yeah, I think... I think it may have taken a toll on him.
S01 • E01 You were like, "Dave, what's up?" - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:13
You were like, "Dave, what's up?"
S01 • E02 [David] When you said to me, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:14
[David] When you said to me,
S01 • E01 I distinctly remember, he said - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:13
I distinctly remember, he said
S01 • E02 And he had some problems which are now well-known, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:12
And he had some problems which are now well-known,
S01 • E01 Typically, it would be a master, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:06
Typically, it would be a master,
S01 • E02 [chuckles] I don't know. I don't know. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:18
[chuckles] I don't know. I don't know.
S01 • E01 So basically you fracture the scene into smithereens. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:05
So basically you fracture the scene into smithereens.
S01 • E01 [Alik] We talked about Bertolucci. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:20
[Alik] We talked about Bertolucci.
S01 • E02 And we had had a lot of friction by that point. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:05
And we had had a lot of friction by that point.
S01 • E02 And-And the, uh, the ruse was I was inviting Jimmy over - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:09
And-And the, uh, the ruse was I was inviting Jimmy over
S01 • E01 [David] The scene where Jake Gittes - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:12
[David] The scene where Jake Gittes
S01 • E02 And then he came up, everybody, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:07
And then he came up, everybody,
S01 • E02 His sister, everybody were there, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:16
His sister, everybody were there,
S01 • E01 [David] That was the model for a scene - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:15
[David] That was the model for a scene
S01 • E02 [indistinct chatter] - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:06
[indistinct chatter]
S01 • E02 [Michael] Jim had, you know, like all of us, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:16
[Michael] Jim had, you know, like all of us,
S01 • E01 [David] Then I said, "Okay, - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:13
[David] Then I said, "Okay,
S01 • E02 [James] I'm gonna break your fucking face. - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:18
[James] I'm gonna break your fucking face.
S01 • E01 [Alik] And then it basically breaks into handheld mode - Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos 00:10
[Alik] And then it basically breaks into handheld mode