Migliori Libri di Alan Sepinwall

C’era una volta la tv: vintage e polverosa, deperiva nell’oblio assieme al suo tubo catodico. Poi arrivarono Twin Peaks, X-Files, ER. E dopo di loro I Soprano, The Wire, Buffy, 24. Le serie americane dilagarono portando sul piccolo schermo sesso, violenza, antieroi senza rimorsi, attori semisconosciuti, trame articolate: un linguaggio composito e irresistibile che ha cambiato per sempre la televisione e il nostro modo di guardarla. Abbiamo assistito – e partecipato – al più imponente ribaltamento culturale del primo scorcio di millennio, e questo libro ci spiega come, quando, perché. Ma soprattutto chi. Alan Sepinwall ci accompagna infatti dietro le quinte delle produzioni seriali più indimenticabili, ad ascoltare la storia di questa avventura direttamente dalle parole dei suoi protagonisti: dal Tom Fontana di Oz allo Shawn Ryan di The Shield, dalla coppia Abrams/Lindelof di Lost al Matthew Weiner di Mad Men, fino al veterano Vince Gilligan, che con Breaking Bad ci ha consegnato una delle ultime grandi narrazioni televisive del Ventunesimo secolo. Il libro “definitivo” e ricco di aneddoti sulla trasformazione delle serie che hanno stabilito il nuovo “canone letterario” della fiction mondiale, rivoluzionando il nostro modo di scrivere, raccontare e perfino concepire storie. Prefazione di Carlo Freccero.

AMC’s Breaking Bad is among the most beloved, critically acclaimed American television series of our time. Created by Vince Gilligan, the series charts the transformation of high school science teacher Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston) into a cold, calculating meth kingpin. Breaking Bad 101 collects esteemed critic Alan Sepinwall’s (Uproxx) popular Breaking Bad recaps in book form, featuring new, exclusive essays and completely revised and updated commentary-as well as insights from and interviews with the creative masterminds behind Breaking Bad. The ultimate critical companion for one of the greatest television dramas of all time, Breaking Bad 101 offers fans Sepinwall’s smart, funny, and incisive analysis of the psychology and filmmaking craft behind each episode and celebrates the series’ unique place in pop-culture history.

On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist’s office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranoslaunched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for such giants as Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones. As TV critics for Tony Soprano’s hometown paper, New Jersey’s The Star-Ledger, Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz were among the first to write about the series before it became a cultural phenomenon. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the show’s debut, Sepinwall and Seitz have reunited to produce The Sopranos Sessions, a collection of recaps, conversations, and critical essays covering every episode. Featuring a series of new long-form interviews with series creator David Chase, as well as selections from the authors’ archival writing on the series, The Sopranos Sessions explores the show’s artistry, themes, and legacy, examining its portrayal of Italian Americans, its graphic depictions of violence, and its deep connections to other cinematic and television classics.