Some of you may have noticed a slowdown in the output of video essays for the SDP project this month – now you get to watch part of the reason. Happy to report that the Moving Image Source posted the first two entries of a five part series of video essays that Matt Zoller Seitz, Andrew Dignan and I produced titled “The Wire and the Art of the Credits Sequence.” Each video examines the credits sequence from each of the five seasons of HBO’s The Wire.

Watch Part One

Watch Part Two

Also be sure to read Dana Polan’s appreciation of the groundbreaking nature of The Wire’s scope of vision.

Greencine Daily posted some flattering words about the videos I’ve been producing for this blog. I hope they post the comment I left passing much of the credit to Matt and Andrew for The Wire videos.

To celebrate these videos, how about a performance from the original Wire?