The Wire

The Corner

source: futuresandpasts (WordPress)

Before David Simon and Ed Burns made The Wire– they wrote The Corner. Its brilliant, of course. And it shares many themes with The Wire. But its also more focused then The Wire. The 600 pages of The Corner focus on a year in the life of a handful of real people who lived near the corners of Fayette and...

Published Tue, Sep 22

Staying true to those on the front line

source: WA today

WHEN HBO sent along the book Generation Kill, Ed Burns recalls, he and David Simon - his producing partner from The Wire - knew they had their next project: ... and more »

Published Wed, Aug 26

'Generation Kill' at the Emmys

source: Victoria Advocate

The seven-hour miniseries was written and produced by Ed Burns and David Smith, the men behind HBO's popular series "The Wire." "It is great that this film ...

Published Sun, Aug 16

The Wire, Season 2, Episode 10: "Storm Warnings" (Veterans edition) - The Star-Ledger

source: NJ.com

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com The Wire, Season 2, Episode 10: "Storm Warnings" (Veterans edition) The Star-Ledger - NJ.com But as with most seasons of the show, you get the sense that David Simon and Ed Burns are more interested in setting up the plot than in actually showing ... and more »

Published Fri, Aug 14

Miniseries in Emmy mix

source: Variety

 CA By VARIETY STAFF Co-creators David Simon and Ed Burns, acclaimed for their HBO series "The Wire," turn their gritty aesthetic on soldiers serving in the Iraq War. Nominated for a 2008 longform prize by the Writers Guild (losing to "John Adams"). ...

Published Fri, Jun 12

“The solution is to undo the last 35 years, brick by brick.”

source: Reason Online

 CA For a more direct and illuminating take, here's something David Simon, co-creator of The Wire, told Jesse Walker: Ed Burns and I spoke at one of those [conservative] groups. There came this point where a guy said, "Well, what is the solution? ...

Published Mon, May 18

Like: Generation Kill

source: stuffilikeandstuffidontlike (WordPress)

For those unaware, Generation Kill (GK)is an HBO miniseries about the invasion of Iraq from the perspective of the 1st marine recon unit (which for the purposes of that war, was basically a marine battalion in Humvees). It was made by David Simon and Ed Burns, the geniuses responsible for t...

Published Wed, Apr 8

Interview with Ed Burns at Lovefilm

source: mcnulty (WordPress)

Love film has a published an interview with the Wire author Ed Burns. LF: How far were any of the characters or cases in The Wire based on real people and situations? EB: None of them were based on real people and real situations. I knew that world intimately and I did a lot of wire tap [...]

Published Mon, Mar 16