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art direction with the production designer, Bob Shaw. "
The sequence won praise from one prominent fan. " It was phenomenal,
really, " series creator David Chase says of the shootout. " They did
a great job. As I recall, I don't think that Harold - Leslie - even had
blanks in his gun. He just jerked the shotgun, like kids playing games. "
Morgenthau describes Chase as both the film's " tone master " and
Top: Aretha performs with (from left) her cousin Brenda
(Brenda Nicole Moorer) and her sisters Carolyn (Hailey
Kilgore) and Erma (Saycon Sengbloh). Bottom: Aretha
backstage with Dinah Washington (Mary J. Blige).
" story guru, " noting that Chase had an aura of authority based on his
writing chops and his firsthand familiarity with Newark's culture during
the story's time periods. Incorporated into the narrative are the city's
July 1967 riots. During one extended sequence, the camera follows Dickie
driving his car through the chaos, and then backing out in a rush.
Chase compares the feel of the sequence to that of some footage that
was shared with him during postproduction: period news reports about
the bombing of Hanoi. He cites one particularly " terrific " shot from the
riot sequence, in which Dickie " looks down a side street, and way down
at the end of the street are figures - a distant group of people - and
something burning. " War by another name had come to Newark.
For Chase, the appeal of seeing the TV show's prequel in full-cinema
form can be summed up in the fundamentals: " You know, 20-foot
close-ups! Keeping it wide. Enough of that so [the drama is] instantly
believable and stirring. "
Learning Curve
Morgenthau studied film at the University of Rochester and took photography
classes at the Rochester Institute of Technology. In the early
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