Boardwalk Empire

Oh my!
All I can say is, somebody in the UK needs to pick this show up NOW!

Unlikely Style Icons No.1

Woody Allen in the 60's and 70's

And I know Diane Keaton gets all the kudos for her outfits in Annie Hall, but Woody is rockin' it here!

Performance and image. That's what it's all about.

"Interior of the Car on Sunset Strip at night. The camera picks up the profile of the Mechanic as he sits in the passenger seat staring at the trip. He is twenty-three years old. His features are soft, yet ruggedly defined. He occupies space with great assurance and poise; his gestures are fluid and coordinated. Whenever he approaches a machine or any problem requiring digital expertise he is totally focused.

There are two phone booths on the edge of the sidewalk. The Driver is in one, his back turned to the Car as he talks on the phone. The Driver hangs up and returns to his seat. He, too, is twenty-three years old. His face is lean and angular. There is a perplexed and detached look to his eyes. His movements are graceful, yet tense, nervous. When he is driving he is at one with the Car; when out of the Car he seems slightly lost, as if away from the center himself. He fires up and the Car glides slowly to the flow of traffic. For the first time, the Car is completely visible. It is a '55 Chevy two-door. It is several shades of primer grey. There are wide M.&H. Racemaster tires. The front end is molded into one piece of fiber glass that tilts forward. When opened the engine is totally revealed. The engine is a 454 cubic-inch high-performance Chevy with aluminum heads. From the outside one can see the roll bar behind the two fiber-glass bucket seats. Inside, the dashboard is bare except for Stewart-Warner gauges, Sun Tach, Water Temp, Oil Press and Amp Meter. There is a 4-speed Transmission, Hurst Linkage and Covico Steering Wheel. The back-seat area is filled with a tool kit, spare parts and two small, tightly rolled sleeping bags."

Two Lane Blacktop Working Script
by Rudolph Wurlitzer and Will Corry

Two lane blacktop - Trailer (1971)

This movie changed everything for me, I first saw it on the 'New American Picture Show' on BBC2 waaaaaay back when, in fact it was so long ago that the VHS copy I made at the time had the old orange BBC2 logo at the start!

Start

It's new, shut your face.