In a chilling nod to 2001: A Space Odyssey, David Chase uses silence, darkness, and subtle clues to suggest Tony’s possible death in The Sopranos finale. With echoes of Kubrick’s use of silence in scenes of finality, the infamous cut-to-black ending is packed with hints—like Tony’s silence-filled perspective and callbacks to his conversation about “never hearing it when it happens.” Let’s delve into how Chase’s Kubrick-inspired direction points to Tony’s final fate...