9 month ago
adamrg : The Wire: What about Cutty? - By Emily Bazelon, Andy Bowers, Jeffrey Goldberg, Melinda Henneberger, David Plotz, John Swansburg, and June Thomas - Slate Magazine - From the opening scene of Carcetti waving his hands around in an incoherent lather after learning there is no serial killer to the sweet parting shots of Baltimore, this finale was so lovingly put together...
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9 month ago
adamrg : You've Got to Watch The Wire. - But what choice do I have? How can I stand by and allow you to miss the conclusion of the smartest, most resonant drama in the history of television?
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9 month ago
nelson : The Wire's final montage - Shot by shot breakdown
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10 month ago
adamrg : Interview with Andre Royo (2008-01-02) - Royo plays "Bubbles" on The Wire.
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10 month ago
philgyford : The Believer - Interview with David Simon - Creator-Writer-Producer of 'The Wire' interviewed by Nick Hornby. (via Kottke)
adamrg : Nick Hornby's Interview with David Simon
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11 month ago
nelson : The Wire: 4 seasons in 4 minutes - Amazing bit of editing for the best TV show ever
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11 month ago
adamrg : The final, suppressed scene from The Wire. - By Bonnie Goldstein - Slate Magazine - In August, as shooting was about to wrap for the last episode, the exhausted production crew and cast were advised they would have to rehearse and tape an unexpected additional four-page scene.
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12 month ago
nelson : The Wire Prequels - Three short promos for the new season; the Omar one is pretty great
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12 month ago
philgyford : Journal.nonesuch.com: Nonesuch to Release Music from Five Years of "The Wire" - Sounds good... and only six weeks to go until the fifth season begins.
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14 month ago
philgyford : Profiles: Stealing Life: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker - Long article about 'The Wire,' the show which is so good it ruins all other TV for you. (via Kottke)
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16 month ago
adamrg : From Two Broken Lives to One New Beginning - The real life inspiration for Omar from The Wire
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16 month ago
adamrg : The Role of Her Life - A short biographical piece on Felicia "Snoop" Pearson
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17 month ago
43folders : The Sound of Young America: The Industry Shits on The Wire - "Fuck you television industry people. Seriously, fuck you."
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philgyford : Interviewing the man behind The Wire. - By Meghan O'Rourke - Slate Magazine - Interesting interview. Sees the show "as a 66-hour movie" and "a Greek tragedy, but instead of the gods being petulant and jealous Olympians hurling lightning bolts down at our protagonists, it's the Postmodern institutions that are the gods" (via Kottke)
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24 month ago
philgyford : The Ten Thousand Things - I was following this eclectic MP3 blog a while back and somehow missed that Blake Leyh is also music supervisor on 'The Wire', which you must watch if you haven't already.
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27 month ago
jkottke : Long piece on the opening titles of The Wire - Long piece on the opening titles of The Wire. Contains nearly endless seasons 1-3 spoilers. The site also offers comprehensive weekly episode recaps...here's the one for episode 40. Update: Edward Copeland also does The Wire recaps.
adamrg : <i>The Wire</i> and the Art of the Credit Sequence - via Richard
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27 month ago
jkottke : From Anya Kamenetz's recent HuffPo piece on The Wire, we learn about a group blog on The Wire called Heaven and Here - From Anya Kamenetz's recent HuffPo piece on The Wire, we learn about a group blog on The Wire called Heaven and Here, a pretty meaty exploration of the show. Show creator David Simon checked in recently.
philgyford : Heaven and Here - Unofficial 'The Wire' weblog. Quiet at the moment, hopefully will start when the next series begins.. (via Said the Gramophone)
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27 month ago
jkottke : The Wire and Baltimore hip-hop - The Wire influenced a Baltimore hip-hop producer to make a mix tape called Hampsterdam and now season four of the show will be featuring more of the local music scene there. (thx, doug)
adamrg : For ‘The Wire,’ Rap That’s Pure Baltimore - via Richard, kinda funny that he's thinking about the Wire at the same time I'm watching it.
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