Boardwalk Empire...Monthly Inspiration!!!!

From Vanity Fair

From Vanity Fair

From Vanity Fair

From Vanity Fair

Gretchen Mol

I'm so looking forward to the second season of Boardwalk Empire which will premiere on HBO on September 25, 2011.

I have watched the first whole season in less than week!!!14 long episodes, thank you very much!!!!

During and by the time first season finished,i had the following thoughts running through my fully inspired mind :

I fell in love with Michael Pitt allthough he never was my couple of tea ,i placed Steve Buscemi in my  top 3 "cool" actors of all time and loved his acting range as well the sense of humor that he has ,i totally came to appreciated the talent and "stature" of Michael Shannon (well it has that captivating face you can never forget..)."

As for the ladies i always loved Gretchen Mol,after all she was a terrific Bettie Page in "The Notorious Bettie Page"and finally as for Kelly McDonald i'm now convised that she is one the best british actress of her generation!!!

I also think that Boardwalk Empire is a fashion cyclopedia for the 20s.Its the first time i see costumes that accurate to their period and especially the men's costumes are a sight for sore eyes.

There many interesting stylish series (or i dare to say films) out there,like Mad Men for example, but the men outfits are lucking of imagination and boldness and tend to be boring.

A small piece from the Guardian i read few days ago says it all:

"Nucky Thompson, in his stiff white collars and bright check three-piece suits and co-ordinating cashmere coats, accessorised with a red carnation and a blue Rolls-Royce, is a vision. Thompson is shown getting a wet shave and a shoe shine, character-establishing moments in the way that a rom-com cutie might be introduced on screen getting a manicure or shoe-shopping. Image matters. But dressing like this takes guts (this is one of the points Thompson is making) and if your name isn't Kanye or Andre, you might feel a red carnation is pushing the envelope a little too far. Women are fashion's trailblazers. Mad Men would never have got such a grip on menswear without Betty and Joan."

So in nutshell Boardwalk Empire it maybe is my favourite show on tv (i say maybe cause i never can disregard Carnivale,that like a cheated wife "hits" my mind and heart with 'guilt hammer",everytime i have to make THE choise!).
It has all the ingredients for a succefull tv show and i didn't find myself bored even for a minute!!!

So if you into gangster moovies,flapper girls or a "glamourised" piece of late american history strongly recomend to check it out,if you haven't allready!

                                     

"Nucky Thompson: Rest assured that dry though the country may be, I am in the midst of concluding arrangements that will keep Atlantic City wet as a mermaid's twat.

Mayor Harry Bacharach: Jeez, Nucky, you're fucking mermaids now?

Nucky Thompson: Every vote counts, Mr. Mayor."

The real Nucky Tompson and the Steve Buscemi

Also read: 
Rise and fall of Jazz Age titan behind HBO's 'Boardwalk http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/steve_buscemi_as_nucky_thompson_35Eo58rVrOqfO77Jp9787O#ixzz1Y0JMuAQg


Sincerely,
Swell Dame