re: What do you think happened at end of Sopranos (spoiler alert)

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I've seen people say he lives and the makeup of the scene is meant to represent he's always living having to look over his shoulder.

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I originally interpreted the scene as ambiguous - maybe he lives, maybe he dies, but if he lives, yeah- he's going to have to look over his shoulder.

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the only problem being nothing he does in the scene indicates he's paranoid or looking over his shoulder.

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I'm not so sure. Certainly from a framing, lighting, shooting and the directorial touches - that bell ringing and the chaos of the diner certainly invests the scene with a paranoid vibe - maybe I'm just a paranoid guy. I agree with you that Tony doesn't seem overly paranoid, at least outwardly, in the scene, but he is in NYC (not Jersey, where he would feel safer), there is a lot of activity, and the camera does lurch around as if to suggest Tony is looking for threats, assessing possible threats, etc.

So, it may just be a difference of interpretation.

Ultimately, I think the last scene - the fade to black - is Tony's last moment. Chase's statements are all over the place on that final scene, which is why the ambiguous ending folks (of which I was one) will continue to prevail.