It marks a specific convergence in Lee’s career, when his confidence as a filmmaker aligned with the boldness of his flourishes.
The series preserves Stephen King novel’s ingenious plot while entirely altering its tone.
It’s at once devoted to corroborating and casting an exaggerated light on Soviet paranoia and the state’s rhetoric of unmasking its enemies.
The discussion was entitled “The Making of The Wire,” and much of the evening was spent relaying behind-the-scenes trivia.
Is the best episode ever of the best TV drama ever QED the best single TV episode of all time?
In the world of The Wire, it’s the story that rules—and that may even get the great Omar in the end.
Screenwriter Richard Price writes for actors with a capital A, delighting in character-driven monologues that offer bang for their buck.