The Sun Is Setting On Hbo S Boardwalk Empire

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• Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson

Be honest and true, boysWhatever you do, boysLet this be your motto in life

Something else we’ve come to expect of the show is the beautiful cinematography, which the premiere really delivers (this show has always been, if nothing else, a pleasure to look at). But the director (Timothy Van Patten) isn’t just showing off here; the use of of sepia tones for Nucky’s boyhood along the pier, followed by honey hues in Havana, illustrate the show’s arc, from his nostalgia-lit past to the dimming glow of what it’s safe to assume are his twilight years. Nucky might not be the most interesting character on the show anymore, but he’s where we started, and he’s where we’ll finish.