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SBS SAT NIGHTS-Boardwalk Empire/Prohibition
Oct 13^th, 2012 at 10:15pm

Been watching SBS Sat Nights , 'cos, don't know about you, but I can't afford to go out at the mo.!!

They have put together a really gripping double/triple, presentation...... ...with 'Prohibition.... ' an excellent documentary on the whole Prohibition era of history...
- followed by two episodes of this incredibly well- executed IMO period drama,' Boardwalk Empire' ... set in the same prohibition era.
What makes it particularly interesting is having had a look at the reality , in the previous Doc...
what could be seen by many to be purely fictitious takes on an awful authority.. !!, in this addictive 'Boardwalk Empire'.

There are some luminaries in the cast, who play it to the hilt.

We are re-living it today... fascinating ! and informative.

Highly recommended.

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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26588 Australia	Re: SBS SAT NIGHTS-Boardwalk Empire/Prohibition Reply #1 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 4:57am Sounds interesting - too bad i cant get SBS. SOB
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Reply #2 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 6:08pm

Try watching Jack Irish, tonight on ABC1
Based on excellent novels by Australia's Peter Temple.... well worth reading, and with Guy Pierce in the lead roll, should be good viewing.
Hope so....anyway.

And I've really been enjoying Ahn Does Vietnam...

Funny and fascinating..!!
Last week he checked out the legendary tunnels.....and the Mekong , and the people who live on it... and lots more. Well worth a try...

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MOTR Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6646	Re: SBS SAT NIGHTS-Boardwalk Empire/Prohibition Reply #3 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 6:13pm Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Oct 14^th, 2012 at 4:57am: Sounds interesting - too bad i cant get SBS. SOB Try this, SOB. http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/
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Re: SBS SAT NIGHTS-Boardwalk Empire/Prohibition
Reply #4 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 6:15pm

Emma wrote on Oct 13^th, 2012 at 10:15pm:

Been watching SBS Sat Nights , 'cos, don't know about you, but I can't afford to go out at the mo.!!

They have put together a really gripping double/triple, presentation...... ...with 'Prohibition.... ' an excellent documentary on the whole Prohibition era of history...
- followed by two episodes of this incredibly well- executed IMO period drama,' Boardwalk Empire' ... set in the same prohibition era.
What makes it particularly interesting is having had a look at the reality , in the previous Doc...
what could be seen by many to be purely fictitious takes on an awful authority.. !!, in this addictive 'Boardwalk Empire'.

There are some luminaries in the cast, who play it to the hilt.

We are re-living it today... fascinating ! and informative.

Highly recommended.

Brilliant series and the documentary on prohibition was exceptional.

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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: SBS SAT NIGHTS-Boardwalk Empire/Prohibition Reply #5 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 6:17pm thats a good one thanks
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Reply #6 - Oct 14^th, 2012 at 7:01pm

The Battle Castle series is also v good...

BUT I THINK the episode on 'The Crac Du Chevaliers ' would have to be the best ever doc I've seen about ancient history, particularly in respect of the period of the Crusades and the war between Christians and Muslims.........with this massive structure as the central focus..!

the story of this mighty fortress is just mindblowing.

A MUST SEE...!

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Reply #7 - Oct 15^th, 2012 at 1:54am

well - I thought Jack Irish was excellent...
look forward to the next episode.

Guy Pierce does a credible portrayal of Jack Irish.... a believable characterisation of a difficult and complex personality. It would have been good to know more about his past, but this is television, after all.

Sadly, the visual media never quite reaches the depths that the written word achieves... very much is left to the individual viewers interpretation, whereas the written work usually fills in the nuances that film never can... at least, not without a disembodied narrator, or a brilliant director and a very perceptive audience..

Good books,..by Peter Temple... and this ABC presentation does do some justice to the works of the author.

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