Sopranos Go To Hollywood
By: Rickie Vega | Posted: 13th September 2005
Sopranos Go To Hollywood
Copyright © 2005 Rickie Vega
Machiavelli Hangman
http://www.hangmanmovie.com/
Hollywood makes a movie out of everything these days, books,
TV shows, games, politics. Then why on earth, have they not
transferred the great HBO series Sopranos to the big screen?
Ironically, it seems that what is good enough to be on TV is on
the screen and what's on the screen isn't even half as good as
the stuff they show Lifetime or even a public access channel.
The Sopranos has those characters that really fill the screen
and engrain themselves into your psyche until you wake up in the
morning thinking that you're either sleeping next to one of them
or one of those wise-guys is holding your wife hostage next door.
While that may be a good thing to some people, it doesn't explain
why that great writing and performances haven't been seen more in
the theatres.
Machiavelli Hangman seems to be the answer for all those Sopranos
fans who had been waiting for a hardboiled gangster movie a la
Godfather that would grace the silver screen since those glorious
days of the Godfathers and Goodfellas.
While many films try to duplicate these films, very few have
succeeded because they missed that single element of surprise.
Gangster films – the good ones that is – always have that unique
approach into that underworld. The Godfather revolved around a
young man who wanted to stay away from "the family business" but
despite his wishes, he was forced into it to save his family.
Goodfellas was the story of another man who was initiated into
the underworld because he wanted to climb the steps of that
lifestyle's ladder. This was also the case in Scarface.
Interestingly enough, Al Pacino and DeNiro appeared in all
four films. They may not be in the low-budget production
Machiavelli Hangman,
but the film does carry an impressive cast and the storyline
weaves in and out of the gangster genre and into others that it
leaves behind this refreshing feeling.
The plot of MH is based around the story of Sara Lockhart who has
married into the mob without her knowledge and is now desperately
trying to find a way out. After she realizes that everything is
in vain and all her attempts end in dead-ends, she decides to
kill herself.
The movie really begins to sizzle when she dies in a car accident
and the filmmakers begin to introduce the characters in the
"family" and how they each react to her passing. The great thing
about this film is that it plays with time structures and
locations, you get the see the same scenes over and over like in
some Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino films.
There are fascinating elements in the psychology of the
characters and witty dialogue like in the Sopranos. While there
may not be so many filmmakers who could pull off such a treat as
adapting the feel and look and power of the Sopranos onto the
screen, Machiavelli Hangman may just have achieved it. The
filmmakers bring together all the right elements in this
cinematic tour-de-force, and keep up the pizzazz right up to
the final credits!
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Rickie Vega is a television and movie
reviewer. He is excited to share with
you the news about the upcoming,
original, independent film called
the "Machiavelli Hangman".
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