Boardwalk Empre begins in Atlantic City in 1920, the era of Prohibition. On the eve of Prohibition, state treasurer Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) searches for a formula to make the most of it. Billed as the undisputed "Boss" of Atlantic City, Nucky has to deal with his double life as a politician and bootlegger. In a city defined by corrupt politicians and where vicious power rules, Nucky must contend between a relentless federal agent, his ambitions, and gangsters, including Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano and Al Capone. What an acting line-up! The Pilot was enough to convince me to commit to the series. There are a couple of extreme Dutch angle shots that linger in the memory. (FYI a Dutch tilt, canted angle, or oblique angle is a type of camera shot that has a noticeable tilt on the camera's "x-axis." It's a camera technique that was used by the German Expressionists in the 1920s - so it's not actually Dutch.)