#297: Bet Your Life Pt. 2: The Card Counter

The Next Picture Show

Telegraph Road Productions

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film History

4.6 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Like HARD EIGHT, the new Paul Schrader film THE CARD COUNTER puts a professional gambler on the road to redemption via his relationship with a confused and volatile young man, in the latest iteration of Schrader’s “God’s Lonely Man” character. We unpack that character, along with CARD COUNTER’s view of him and his sins, with the help once again of critic and Schrader expert Vikram Murthi, before putting these two films side by side to discuss their respective approach to father-son relationships, casinos and gambling, and lives lived in limbo. Plus Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your radar. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about HARD EIGHT, THE CARD COUNTER, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to [email protected], or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Show Notes Works Cited: • “Every Paul Schrader Movie, Ranked” by Vikram Murthi (vulture.com) • “Cogs in the Machine: American Despair in Paul Schrader’s ‘Blue Collar’” by Vikram Murthi (musings.oscilloscope.net) • “’The Card Counter’ Is a Tense Second Act to Paul Schrader’s Doomsday Period” by Charles Bramesco (insidehook.com) Your Next Picture Show: Vikram: James Foley’s AFTER DARK, MY SWEET Scott: Michael Mohan’s THE VOYEURS Keith: Jean-Pierre Melville’s BOB LE FLAMBEUR Tasha: James Wan’s MALIGNANT Outro music: “Rambling Gambling Willie” by Bob Dylan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.0	in the way it shaped our thoughts on a recent release. I'm Scott Tobias here again with
0:58.2	Tasha Robinson. Keith Phipps. Our co-host Genevieve Kosky is taking a break this week,
1:03.1	but our esteemed guest and former co-worker, Vickram Murty returns. Hello again,
1:08.4	Vikram. Hello again, Scott, Keith, and Tasha.
1:13.4	On last week's show, we talked about Hard Eight,
1:16.9	Paul Thomas Anderson's debut feature about a professional gambler whose road to redemption starts with a relationship with a confused and volatile young man.
1:21.9	The new Paul Schrader film, The Card Counter, goes on a similar journey.
1:25.9	Oscar Isaac stars as William Tell, an ex-servicman
1:28.9	whose hustle as a poker player is at once well suited to the hard, acetic discipline of a military
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