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Jack McPherson's avatar

It's pretty wild that a movie with this much fan service came from a TV show that was determined to not give the audience what they want. I'm thinking of the ending, of course, but also other times like the episode where Melfi contemplates unleashing Tony on the man who assaulted her before chiding the audience directly by saying "No!" into the camera.

I wonder if the lack of commercial success with NOT FADE AWAY, and the long gestating A RIBBON OF DREAMS falling through pushed Chase to do this for commercial reasons rather than a genuine desire to return to this world.

Matthew Weiner's post MAD MEN career has followed a similar arc with THE ROMANOFFS being mildly received with critics and audiences*, and his novel not really setting the world on fire. Maybe we will see a similar prequel/sequel project returning to those characters in future.

*It's hard to tell with streaming not publishing ratings, but when was the last time you heard anything about this show?

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Dan Acosta's avatar

Saw Titane yesterday at NYFF (along with The Lost Daughter & Red Rocket) and it's practically all I've been thinking about since. I truly haven't seen something that equally grotesque and tender. A phenomenal and entrancing piece of work that's gonna be stuck in my head for quite a while.

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