On the Set of Boardwalk Empire with Terence Winter
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Terence Winter on his struggle to the top and why he likes playing with dolls so much.
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While filming the first season of Boardwalk Empire, Terence Winter spent many late nights in the bowels of Brooklyn's Steiner Studios. He'd come here after everyone else had left, to blow off steam and mull things over, which involved naughtily rearranging the faceless figurines that inhabited the prop department's miniature replica of Atlantic City's boardwalk: one tiny effigy railing another doggy-style, another pair fellating furiously on a little promenade bench. And of course, this makes perfect sense. Terence is the showrunner and its creator, the guy tasked with creating and controlling every piece of the program from the big-picture story arcs to the nitty-gritty minutiae. He loves manipulating his characters into compromising positions. It's what he does; it is his being.
Playing with dolls is nothing new for Terence, now 51. He's been doing it since the 60s, when he was a kid growing up in Brooklyn who was obsessed with G.I. Joe action figures, even though they were too expensive for his folks to afford. But he's always found a way to get what he wants, and when he was 15 years old he heard about a spoiled neighbor who threw out a set of G.I. Joes. Terence dug through the kid's trash, grabbed the toys, and ended up playing with the grubby things all night long, only to blow them to smithereens with an M80 in the morning. It seemed that even at this young age he understood that life does not always have a happy ending, which is the reason the man's stories for television-most famously, his work on Boardwalk Empire and a scriptwriting run on The Sopranos second only to show creator David Chase-resonate.
Today, Terence has a mint-condition 60s G.I. Joe Space Capsule sitting above his desk, symbolizing his long and rambling journey to clinching his dreams. He spent his 20s climbing a seemingly endless and improbable career ladder-from working as a butcher in a gangster-owned neighborhood shop in Brooklyn all the way to becoming a lawyer at a stuffy Manhattan law firm. Then, when he was 29, having ascended to a level no one thought possible, he decided to throw it all away for the absurd fantasy of going to LA and becoming a writer.
After seeing him in his element at Steiner Studios, in the midst of a thriving fictional world he's created, it's hard to imagine Terence as a Hollywood neophyte hopelessly fumbling around LA, trying to get someone, anyone to read his scripts (which, by the way, included work on masterpieces such as Sister, Sister, Xena: Warrior Princess, and the mid-90s revival of Flipper).
Terence, however, has nothing to hide regarding his past and was happy to take me on a trip down memory lane back to those days of desperation, along the way explaining why Angelinos are pussies and how he managed to grow balls big enough to write movies for 50 Cent, produce The Sopranos, and bring a show as insanely innovative and expensive as Boardwalk Empire to fruition.
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I love the Boardwalk Empire TV show, so much. I love everything about it, the set-pieces, the way the actors dress and the cars that they drive. It's just a beautiful show, that, accurately, captures life in the 1920s.
That set is fucking epic. Props to all involved putting that together
Still upset that Vinyl didn’t get picked up for a second season
Totally, I envy anyone who gets to be on this show, especially with that wardrobe and the dialogue, the historical accuracy, holy fuck what a good show haha
"Sister, Sister," and "The Sopranos," guy's got range.
I've got a new one about the interviewer. He sounds like one of the South Park goth kids, who wouldn't be like those "conformists".
hahaha that's hilarious
Watch Boardwalk Empire online here => twitter.com/6bd98a8a4c21f635e/status/824453532916920321
Watch Alex Jones talking shit about Vice and these kind of soft week soy boy “journalists” it’s a generational problem, and I as a Zoomer won’t stand for it
@@anondalorian3719 christian, take a step back, examine, and challenge your viewpoints before it's too late. I'll bet you're a bright kid, but you're walking down a dark path that'll leave you lonely and seeing the worst in everything. I hope it doesn't take too long before you realize that you're falling into a rabbit hole that you don't want to be in.
When Terry Winter talks about how he wanted to be a lawyer because they are "important people" and he wanted to be "important" I couldn't help but think of Gyp Rosetti making fun of Nucky... "I'm a very important person, with very important friends, and very important garters holding up my very important socks!!" LOLLL
how good is the CGI I never would of guessed the boardwalk wasn't on a real beach
ive never gotten to travel and vice makes me feel like ive been all over the world,,VICE IS AWSOME!!!,,,, the video about the 80-somthing yr old man living alone in the mountains was fantastic,,, i hope vice goes on forever,, i look forward to it everyday !!!
Winter's a very talented writer, I can't wait for Season 4 of Boardwalk Empie. The Wolf of Wall Street (which he wrote the screenplay for) Is going to be awesome as well.
Terence Winter is a great humble man & a interview well done
not often vice fails on anything *****
Mindboggling how much work goes into shows !
Fun fact! Terrence Winter is the writer of The Wolf of Wall Street!
It's really a trip to think of all the seedy bad insane acts that took place behind all this vintage beauty ! damnnnn
I love how in a lot of vice videos the top comments are just people complaining.
"i think id rather spend my quarter on the premie's" hahaha! Thomas, you are hipster jesus.
I found myself more interested in what the guys in the background were doing than paying attetion to what was being said in the interview
Amazing set
Thomas Morton did a fine interview. Who cares how he dresses? I think most of us are just jealous of his sweet job. Even if he came off as condescending in his tone/questions, Terence Winter seems like a guy who would be completely unfazed by any line of questioning. The interviewer was just trying to lament the contrast between mind numbing shows like 'Sister Sister' and culture altering shows like 'Sopranaos' and 'Boardwalk Empire'. "Low-brow" was the wrong word usage. Nice piece Vice.
ugh, every aspiring screenwriter has this burning desire to ask every successful member of the movie industry how they did it
Awesome stuff again, VICE!
I just realized you dont use tags in many of your videos (none that I checked)!
No wonder you don't get as many views as you deserve!
*grabs a red button , puches it the whole world blows up*
i never understood the odd "hipster" accent people sometimes put on to mock people like thomas, until i heard him speak
From Sister Sister to Sopranos to Scorsese, this guys done it all!
One of the best shows ever. I love Thomas but his “likes” are far too plenty for me. It’s every other word.
Boardwalk Empire > Sopranos imo
The dude interviewing is horrible at doing his job >.< likelikeandlikeandlike jeeze..
Tarantino often talks about how great the writing was on Xena. I'm also sure he knew who TW was before ANYONE in Hollywood.
Terence Winter > David Chase. So many components of history, pop culture, etc are covered in this show. There's a minor segment in Season 5 that even subtly displays the roots of communism in Cuba. This drama ended up being more versatile than I thought it'd be!
Vice: Best subscription available on YT
Boardwalk Empire: Excellent Series
-Unfortunately the interviewer ruined what could be an excellent, inspiring interview for me. He seemed extremely intimidated while he was constantly slouching over, fidgeting his fingers and consistently scratching his neck/face. While this guy is searching for words to complete his questions and rather ending them with "like" and "you know" I am getting very aggravated with the fact that HE has such and awesome job
Cant wait for Season 3!!
Xena isn't low brow either,it was an AWESOME show. Cheesy special effects aside, of course.
Come on, i understand why you wouldn't want to live like that, but at the same time, it's just a style as any other style. You don't need to talk or be friends with them, it doesn't bother you to see them, right? It's just as normal as whatever your style is, but that's up to you and what you like. Are you suggesting that everyone should be the same?
Miles mcinnes interviewing Terence winter ,some how gavin's slipped back in to vice
kinda like sorta kinda sorta simmer like sorta you know like XDXDXD love this guy
go watch the documentary on the Peruvian fights during Christmas. You get to see this hipster fight, so funny.
do a vice on people addicted to youtube, DO IT YOU WONT!
1:21
Anyone else notice that he sounds just like the Goth kids in south park?
Vice should just stream a 24hr live network.
I watch this show and it is very good series
I like this host, "I'd rather spend my 25 cents watching premies
Hipsters arn't a meme, its just the name given to these types of people. Honestly I'd wish they would stop too.
I didn't say it was bad but dunno he didn't talk about the show, just about his life. Sorry for not being interested.
Straight outta Hipsterland... A bad muthafucka named Thomas!
Are people allowed to visit
Boardwalk is a fantastic series
love boardwalk empire
hate the interviewer
300 Million Americans and Vice can only find guys like this to do their interviews. This hipster and the creepy guy that did the Amsterdam truffles segment and LSD segment need to go hang out in a basement somewhere.
Thomas is a great asset to VICE.
Best series
Where is part two to the Patagonia guy?
So is it kinda like something you like, do, or something? Or just kinda like, you kinda learn it or something?
I hope Terrence makes the warriors remake and is a good remake
I almost got killed three time in the last 20 minutes
my hipster senses are tingling.
James Darmody died, kinda hard to watch it now
Oh my god! I was about to write something similar.... That fucking mocking tone.... inserting "like" every few seconds. Get it fucking together and sound a little more eloquent of you're going to conduct a professional interview!! hahah
not heard of onion sites. anything do do with the onion? i remember 10 yrs ago i needed some dodgey bit of software, or sound file, cant remember exactly, but only way to get it was get something called darknet(?) basically some foolproof encrypted p2p thing that was invite only. i didnt end up having the time and effortt to hang around and get myself invited. not so paranoid and secretive these days either
I'd watch that for sure!
What is this? I've seen this everywhere, someone fill me in!
This kid........"and like....like"
Thomas is the best after Shane.
Nicely defined.
I feel like Thomas could be the Andrew Roane, -.- anyone else hear the similarity? Or see it in those hipster facial expressions. No hate btw :p.
I ALMST GOT KILLED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES
I LOVE BOARDWALK EMPIRE
mmmmmm I am not sure uuuummmm about this uuummm interview it's like uuuummmmm not that ummmmm good
you should do a on the set of Breaking Bad
I found it quite interesting.. But then again, I'm going to school for film production...
Nice interview, good for Terence that he followed his passion! He sure does say "you know" a lot. And the interviewer should stop being insecure, sit straight during an interview and stop fiddling around.
That's straight character assassination. You ruined him for me. Well done Sir!
Interviewer fidgeting all the time and heavy use of the word "like" makes for awkward viewing.
I hardly ever say negative things online but this interview kinda sucks. And mainly do to the interviewer. Asking the wrong questions and seeming disinterested in the life of the producer and his work. Calling it low brow. Come on. That's not professional. And he just has no enthusiasm. This could have been so much better with someone who cared about the topic.
Idk maybe he was nervous. Either way step it up VICE. Your better then that. :/ #lame
bummer this could have been a great interview but the interviewer seemed uninterested, and very negative. Not lively at all.
you can't you're allready dead
This guy is awesome
The interviewer is so bad that he made an amazing guy sound boring lmao! I can see he wanted to just get it over with and get rid of this little hipster kid.
OMARS COMIN
whaddi I tell ya ... scorsesse and Wahlberg comes together .. whaddi I tell ya .. it gonna be taken care of ...
Ya I get what you mean.
Thomas Morton you lad!
Thomas is Awesome.
Straight outta akwardland haha
Smoke Weed ERRRday
Go write already... you'll find your own answers ;)
look at him
haha they both have no idea what to do with there hands.
is it wrong to want to know? jeez...
THIS FUCKING HIPSTER!!!
No.
Why would you care?
Looks like season 2 of the wire haha
Makes sense ^^
Hmmmm... interviewer is really awkward
Come on man..Its not that bad.
what is it with these hipsters and vice ?
lol i skipped to the end to be the first to finish HA Guayyyy
i like thomas
VICE YOUR GOING DOWNHILL....MORE POLITICAL DOCS OR I AM UNSUBSCRIBING
This Thomas is so awkward