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"The Sopranos" Commendatori (2000)


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"The Sopranos" (1999): Season 2: Episode 4 -- Tony goes to Italy to discuss business with his pals in the Neapolitan mob, and is surprised to discover that the boss there is a beautiful woman.

Overview

User Rating:
8.8/10   302 votes
Director:
Timothy Van Patten
Writers:
David Chase (creator)
David Chase (written by)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
6 February 2000 (Season 2, Episode 4)
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
Tony, Paulie and Chris travel to Naples to conduct a business deal, while Pussy becomes more stressed over trying to balance his secret lives. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
"Hey Tone, what's your favorite scene?" more (3 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Argentina:16 | Australia:MA
Filming Locations:
Naples, Campania, Italy more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Tony and the gang goes to Italy to conduct business. While Paulie is dining at a cafe he notices a man and speaks Italian to him the man turns away and ignores him. This man is the show's creator, David Chase. more
Goofs:
Continuity: As they are waiting for Chris at the airport at the end of the episode, you can see Chris leaving the airport through the window of the car, and then again for a second time on camera. more
Movie Connections:
References The Godfather (1972) more
Soundtrack:
Piove more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
"Hey Tone, what's your favorite scene?", 30 March 2008
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Author: Max_cinefilo89 from Italy

It is particularly fitting that this episode opens with Tony and his crew trying to watch a bootleg DVD of The Godfather on a player that doesn't work: no matter what the boss thinks, they will never be as classy as the gangsters in Coppola's masterpiece; perhaps the broken DVD player serves as a metaphor to indicate the huge distance between Vito Corleone and Tony Soprano, the glorious past and the murky present.

That the situation is radically different emerges from another fact as well: as Tony, Chris, Paulie and Silvio travel to Naples to discuss a deal with a distant relative, they discover said man is in worse shape than Uncle Junior and has put his daughter (Sofia Milos) in charge of the family affairs. Back in the old days, no one would have given all that power to a woman, and Tony, who has always believed in male dominance when it comes to his line of work, is shocked by this revelation, not least because it marks the first time he starts having sexual fantasies involving one of his business associates. In the meantime, Pussy is in an uncomfortable position of his own, as he finds it increasingly hard to cope with his new double life.

The most notable thing in Commendatori, aside from Paulie's lame attempts at speaking Italian, is the setting: a solid half hour of the show takes place in warm, sunny, gorgeous Naples, with the visuals providing an almost lyrical beauty that contrasts nicely with the grittier look of New Jersey. At the very beginning of the episode, Tony says his favorite scene in the Godfather trilogy is the one in Part II where young Vito returns to Sicily and kills his father's murderer in the most beautiful villa. Again, the thematic relevance is clear: the natural seductiveness of Southern Italy has very little to share with the blood-soaked legacy of America. Even Tony becomes aware of this, and expresses his reservations neatly while walking on the beach with the female boss. When asked if he wants to sleep with her (actually, she uses a more vulgar word), he replies: "Yes, I do. Very much. But I don't sh*t where I eat." Sonny Corleone wouldn't have come up with a better expression.

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