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VIDEO ESSAY: A close analysis of the Season 1 title sequence from THE WIRE

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by Andrew Dignan, Kevin B. Lee and Matt Zoller Seitz
March 11, 2012 1:40 PM
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[EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the very first video essay collaboration between Press Play founder Matt Zoller Seitz and editor-in-chief Kevin B. Lee: an analysis of the opening credits for Season 1 of The Wire, exploring how the images highlight themes of the season and offer predictive snippets of future plot twists. It was originally published at Moving Image Source in 2008. The piece is narrated by critic Andrew Dignan, from a written essay originally published at The House Next Door. To read the original article in full, click here.]

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