Boardwalk Empire will knock the wind out of you and leave it by the side of the road.
The beach is universal.
A shot of sea and sand looks the same whether its in Cuba or theBoardwalk Empireof Atlantic City.
The opening shot of Cuanto has that natural ambiguity.
How could the Commodore not love little Nucky?
The kid is smart and yet such a great foil.
No wonder Nucky (Steve Buscemi) became a politician.
No wonder he got out.
Thompson is always on the move and its always upward.
It also explains his love of family.
Hes also thinking about making another move.
As the series winds to a close, the directors offer Nucky a way out.
Nucky and Margaret finally go out.
Who would have thought all Margaret needed was some booze to flush that stick from up her ass?
Maybe that was why shes been so obstreperous, shes an Irish woman whos never had a drink.
What is it good for?
At heart, Margaret has always been a gangster, not a moll.
As Nucky says, Partners in crime.
Twenty-five cents on the dollar sounds like a good deal.
When its said in Brogue.
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You dont hear much Brogue lately in Chicago.
Not since penny ante public enemy Al Capone started climbing up the hit list.
Now Public Enemy Number One, he runs a loose ship.
No matter what they done.
The newsreel sequence was done expertly.
They mixed vintage footage with new shots, newspaper photographs with staged stills and got the voice perfect.
Because of the movieBarton Fink, Ill never get the phrase Wallace Beery wrestling picture out of my head.
Beery was big and blustery and whats not to like?
He knocked guys down and crushed them.
The guy was a champ.The Champ, if you want to get technical.
He also played Long John Silver inTreasure Island, a character that kids in those days idolized.
A lovable scamp you want to stow away with.
My favorite film of his isBowery, but I really like it for George Raft.
Capone and Beery are competitors.
Kids want to grow up and be like them.
But thats a secret.
All the subterfuge and all the double dealings thatBoardwalk Empiregangsters traverse make them a little jumpy.
Luciano fingers Mueller as a federal cop.
Not just for the accused, but for the judge and jury.
Without getting too film schooly, subtle hints and tricks let you know whats coming.
And he even gets off a joke.
Mueller gets a laugh.
That stayed with me more after the scene than the visual of his lips around a pistol.
Sally Wheet (Patricia Arquette) has been a marvel for the past few seasons.
Her quick repartee and sultry rejoinders have been a sock on the jaw for both Nucky and Mickey Doyle.
Arquette has the patter down.
When Wheet was first introduced onBoardwalk Empire,I thought I just might be disappointed.
They have mastered the sideswipe.
The cameras and the music, the angles and the lighting, all do their part to warn her.
We dont really see it coming.
Sally, at least, knows enough to grab a gun.
A great episode even when compared to other greatBoardwalk Empireepisodes.
This one had everything.
Where is the Bacardi rum king headed anyway, with Nuckys money?
Cuanto was directed by Jake Paltrow and written by Howard Korder, Cristine Chambers and Terence Winter.
The only thing I left out was the name of the actor who played the doomed stripie.
The actors name wasnt listed on IMDb, Wiki or the official HBOBoardwalk Empirepage.
HBO does this intentionally because assholes like me geek out on this shit to leak spoilers.
Just like we look to history to predict when characters will die on the show based on their obituaries.
We can figure out who dies on the show based on how many episodes the actor is credited in.
Im happy to add it late though.
The performance was stellar and the actor was Warner Miller who played inAmerican Gangster.
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Rating:
5 out of 5
