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Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Terence Winter and Tim Van Pattern are back!!
And they teamed up with Scorsese and Buscemi.
I really liked the pilot, but it was the 2nd episode that really hooked me up!! The characters are so well written, filled with humanity and contradictions.
Most of the dramatic situations are pretty conventional, but, as someone once said: "it is better to start with a cliché than to end with it".
I have no doubt the show will end up being a freshening experience for the crime genre fans.
And no, Nukcy Thompson is not Tony Soprano. This is not a family drama.
This is something else, and thank god they aren't repeating the Sopranos formula, but going in a different direction, which I'm sure give great results :-)
Dulce Lola (2002)
Good Noir-ish Short Film
This film looks really grainy, like it was shot with 8 mm film cameras. Still, the acting and directing is pretty good. It is stylish and it has good hand held and editing work, specially in a violent scene when a guy gets shot.
The sound is not too good and sometimes the actors don't speak too clearly. There are some great cinematography moments and there are other scenes which it's kinda hard to see what's going on.
The actress who plays Lola had a very small role at the beginning of Episode 2. I think she's a good actress. Martin Zapata also delivers a good performance, he has a great look for noir- ish tales.
I'm not too crazy about the ending, but overall I think it is a good effort, and it is a good exercise in Film Noir.