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Sunday, December 14th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

The Sopranos - The Complete Second Season

The Sopranos - The Complete Second Season


Binding : VHS Tape
ProductGroup : Video
Manufacturer : Hbo Home Video
Label : Hbo Home Video
Publisher : Hbo Home Video
Studio : Hbo Home Video
ReleaseDate : 2001-11-06
List Price: USD $99.98
Lowest Used Price: USD $2.04
Lowest New Price: USD $5.79
Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product availability are subject to change. Any price displayed on the Amazon website at the time of purchase will govern the sale of this product.
Features:
Amazon.com
In its second season, The Sopranos sustains the edgy intelligence and unpredictable, genre-warping narrative momentum that made this modern mob saga the most critically acclaimed series of the late 1990s. Creator-producer David Chase repeatedly defies formula to let the narrative turn as a direct consequence of the characters' behavior, letting everyone in this rogue's gallery of Mafiosi, friends, and family evolve and deepen.

That gamble is most apparent in the rupture of the relationship that formed the spine of the first season, the tangled ties between capo Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and monstrous matriarch Livia (Nancy Marchand), whose betrayal makes Tony's estrangement a logical response. Filling that vacuum, however, is prodigal sister Janice (Aida Turturro), whose New Age flakiness never successfully conceals her underlying calculation and opportunism. Soprano's relationship with therapist Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) also frays during early episodes, as she struggles with escalating doubts about her mobbed-up patient. At home, Tony contends with wife Carmela's ruthless ambitions on behalf of college-bound Meadow, as well as son Anthony Jr.'s sullen adolescent flirtation with existentialism--the sort of touch that the show handles with a smart mix of sympathy and amusement.

Without spoiling the surprise of the season's climactic last episode, it's worth noting that only on The Sopranos could we expect a scene that sets up a mob hit with a perversely funny touch of magic realism--a talking fish, lying on a fishmonger's iced display, speaking with the voice of the victim. It's a touch at once morbid and goofy, and consistent with the show's undimmed brilliance. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews


Soprano's Second Season (2009-01-06)
Unfortunately there was an issue with one of the DVD's included. We could only watch 3 of the 4. Third disc would not work.


Bought It As A Gift (2008-12-30)
I bought the 2nd season for my dad who lives in Europe. I sent him season one last year and he was hooked. I myself really enjoyed the series and was sorry to see it end.


Sopranos (2008-12-13)
I purchased Sopranos to use for a gift for a friend. The friend was a great fan of the Sopranos when it was being shown on television.


Very pleased (2008-10-28)
This seller shipped my DVD in a very timley manner. I was very pleased with the overall condition and packaging. It arrived in like new condition.


First buy from this seller (2008-09-02)
Very fast delivery to Belgium. Item corresponds 100% to its description. Will not hesitate to buy agains from this seller

Product Information and Prices stored: January 7 , 2009, 16:51
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Monday, December 1st, 2008 at 5:25 am

The Sopranos: The Complete Second Season

The Sopranos: The Complete Second Season


Binding : DVD
ProductGroup : DVD
Manufacturer : HBO Home Video
Brand : WARNER HOME VIDEO
Label : HBO Home Video
Publisher : HBO Home Video
Studio : HBO Home Video
ReleaseDate : 2001-11-06
List Price: USD $59.98
Lowest Used Price: USD $21.99
Lowest New Price: USD $29.69
Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product availability are subject to change. Any price displayed on the Amazon website at the time of purchase will govern the sale of this product.
Features:
Description
For Tony Soprano, there's no such thing as business as usual. Balancing the demands of his immediate family - wife Carmel, daughter Meadow and son Anthony Jr. - witht the demands of his other family - Paulie Walnuts, Silvio Dante and Big Pussy Bompensiero - means walking a tightrope no self-respecting mobster should have to walk. With his mother and uncle plotting against him, his older sister Janice wreaking her own special kind of havoc, and the very real threat that one of his closest allies is wired by the F.B.I, Tony needs the support of his psychiatrist Dr. Melfi more than ever.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Biographies
Featurette
Filmographies
Other
Scene Access
TV Spot


Amazon.com
In its second season, The Sopranos sustains the edgy intelligence and unpredictable, genre-warping narrative momentum that made this modern mob saga the most critically acclaimed series of the late 1990s. Creator-producer David Chase repeatedly defies formula to let the narrative turn as a direct consequence of the characters' behavior, letting everyone in this rogue's gallery of Mafiosi, friends, and family evolve and deepen.

That gamble is most apparent in the rupture of the relationship that formed the spine of the first season, the tangled ties between capo Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and monstrous matriarch Livia (Nancy Marchand), whose betrayal makes Tony's estrangement a logical response. Filling that vacuum, however, is prodigal sister Janice (Aida Turturro), whose New Age flakiness never successfully conceals her underlying calculation and opportunism. Soprano's relationship with therapist Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) also frays during early episodes, as she struggles with escalating doubts about her mobbed-up patient. At home, Tony contends with wife Carmela's ruthless ambitions on behalf of college-bound Meadow, as well as son Anthony Jr.'s sullen adolescent flirtation with existentialism--the sort of touch that the show handles with a smart mix of sympathy and amusement.

Without spoiling the surprise of the season's climactic last episode, it's worth noting that only on The Sopranos could we expect a scene that sets up a mob hit with a perversely funny touch of magic realism--a talking fish, lying on a fishmonger's iced display, speaking with the voice of the victim. It's a touch at once morbid and goofy, and consistent with the show's undimmed brilliance. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews


Soprano's Second Season (2009-01-06)
Unfortunately there was an issue with one of the DVD's included. We could only watch 3 of the 4. Third disc would not work.


Bought It As A Gift (2008-12-30)
I bought the 2nd season for my dad who lives in Europe. I sent him season one last year and he was hooked. I myself really enjoyed the series and was sorry to see it end.


Sopranos (2008-12-13)
I purchased Sopranos to use for a gift for a friend. The friend was a great fan of the Sopranos when it was being shown on television.


Very pleased (2008-10-28)
This seller shipped my DVD in a very timley manner. I was very pleased with the overall condition and packaging. It arrived in like new condition.


First buy from this seller (2008-09-02)
Very fast delivery to Belgium. Item corresponds 100% to its description. Will not hesitate to buy agains from this seller

Product Information and Prices stored: January 7 , 2009, 16:51
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