A retread of GOODFELLAS (1990) or a nastier, meaner take on a life of crime? Our discussion (a rare in-person recording of CASINO looks inward, at the performances, embarrassments, and broken hearts that define it, and outward, at how this movie left its mark on the middle period of director Martin Scorsese’s career — and gave Sharon Stone what might be her best film role.
References:
“NERVOUS IN THE DESERT: Elizabeth Street alienation in Martin Scorsese’s Casino”
by Ben Tuthil for Perisphere, the Trylon blog
Trylove Episode 178: BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (1999) with Charlie Mackin
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: You know this one and I don’t wanna get in trouble.
