I love me some Martin Scorsese, even his lesser works are infinity more interesting than most directors can dream. I also love me some Steve Buscemi, you know the funny looking guy in Fargo. No, no not William Macy, the OTHER funny looking guy. Yeah the guy that ended up in the wood chipper. He's a great actor and I bet he has some amazing stories.
Now these two are joined together in the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire," well at least for the first episode that Scorsese directed. Set at the eve of Prohibition this is the story of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson. A consumate politician and shady character who is the behind the scenes king of Atlantic City. Nucky sees Prohibition as a license to print money. He can get boats from Canada to smuggle whiskey to a thirsty america. But Nucky despite being as crooked as a bent corkscrew, still has some morals so it will be a question if he can be half a gangster.
The show is smart, funny and exciting much like Steve Buscemi. The period detail is wonderful, specially when they are on the boardwalk. It's one compelling bit of TV.
STRANGE SPANNERS being an accounting of strangeness of the warp and woof of my mind For those of you new here, think of this as 1/2 "Night Gallery" Our Motto: Nos somnium quisnam es futurus fatum quod insolitus tutus vos!
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