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WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO GO TO NYU FOR FILM SCHOOL ? Lack of a career and no clear idea of how to get one – that , and , of course , alove of movies . Iwas 30 when Iapplied , and met my future wife acouple months later . When Igot in and told her Iwas thinking of going , she was definitely wondering what she ’ d got herself into . And her father was adocumentary filmmaker . She ’ d seen how unstable a career that could be . But I ’ m grateful she stuck with me , and not only because she had asuccessful graphic design business that allowed ustolive not like students .
WHATLESSONS DID YOU TAKE AWAYFROMYOUR EARLY WORK EXPERIENCES ? The first film job Igot was as alocation manager on atiny movie about — this was New York in the early ’ 90s , sowhat else — the mob . It never got released . Ipretty quickly got fired , and then afew days later the producer called me back and told me the guy he ’ d hired was even worse than me , soIcould have the job back . And on the next job Idid , which was the film Quiz Show , Isaw how people who knew what they were doing did the job , and that was abig learning leap for me .
HOWDID YOUGET THE JOB WORKING ON THE SOPRANOS , AND WHATDID YOUEXPECT IT TO BE LIKE ? I knew the producer , Ilene Landress , from prior jobs . They ’ dshot the pilot and had been waiting over half ayear for apickup , ornot , and she told me that the show had tested well with housewives and professors . So , I guess that ’ sakind of middling level of expectation ?
BESIDESSATRIALE ’ S , WHATARE SOME OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED LOCATIONS YOU FOUND FOR THE
SOPRANOS ? As alocation manager , you ’ re not very involved in finding locations . There ’ susually ateam of scouts that are the first people out . But over the years , from living in New Jersey , Icould bring lots of places to mind when scripts came out , so I know Ipointed the scouts to the motel betweenWayne and Oakland that served as the motel in the “ College ” episode ofSeason One .
SINISTER SETTINGS NEAR YOU Kamine ’ s familiarity with the area helped him find the hotel between Wayne and Oakland for the murder scene in Season 1 ’ s “ College ” episode ( top ). The famous Pine Barrens episode in Season 3 ( above ) was going to be filmed in South Mountain Reservation , but ultimately was shot in New York ’ s Harriman State Park .
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