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Casino (1995) (Patreon)

Published:
2025-04-26 13:58:32
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2026-06

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Time flies in this one!! Scorsese Scorsese’s it up! Outstanding production design and I loved all the costumes in this one. So much to say, left my thoughts in the outro!

Enjoy!

Ames

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Casino (1995)

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Toc

Gaaaaa, finishing up Hot Fuzz! I'm jumping right on this one as soon as it's over, sister-in-cinema! PS: "Time flies"! So happy you felt that way!

AJ

LFG. It's been 20+ years but there was a time it was on TV a lot and I watched over and over.

Andrew Pettola

Yeesss!! I am writing this before I do the watch along tonight, but just some thoughts, This was the second Martin Scorsese collab with Nicholas Pileggi and based on a book that Pileggi wrote. The details in the book are amazing and really give you insight into the corruption of old Las Vegas, and the power that the Chicago, Kansas City, and Milwaukee mob bosses had on the city. This one comes a lot closer to the truth than Goodfellas, but obviously many details and characters names were changed (Ace Rothstein=Frank Rosenthal, Nicky Santoro=Tony "the Ant" Spilotro, Ginger McKenna=Geri McGee, Frankie Marino=Frank Cullotta, and so on). Interestingly, Frank Cullotta (who passed away in August 2020), was living in Las Vegas towards the end of his life and you could book a tour with him and have a real-life "mob" experience with tours of old hot spots, stories, and a guided tour of the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas. I had one booked for April, 2020, but COVID cancelled it. He passed away later that year.

RFK Fan

One of Scorsese best. In a cast full of great performances Sharon Stones stands above the rest. Arguably one of the best female performances I’ve ever seen. A SIDE NOTE. This movie strikes close to home because I grew up outside Chicago and one of my closest friends is Tony Spilotros nephew. His dad Pasquale, RIP, not only looked a lot like his younger brother Tony (FBI once mistakenly arrested him at the airport in Vegas) but was the most generous, sweet, intelligent and likable man I’ve ever met in my life. Obviously this subject is still taboo with the family and I’ve only ever discussed it with Patrick ONCE in the 40 years I’ve known him. But it was his father who tipped off the FBI as to the location of one of the men responsible for his brothers murders. It was his testimony that eventually put them away and essentially dismantled what was left of the Chicago mob. FYI….the pretty young brunette who introduces Sam before his TV show is Joe Pesci’s real wife Claudia….

PIG

My favoirte Scorsese movie! Taxi Driver is a near second.

Reggie

Enjoyed this! I went to Las Vegas in 2023 and liked staying downtown on Fremont street (the older part of LV off-strip). With respect to how "whales" are treated in post-Mob owned Vegas, if you have a players card at a casino they can track how much you bet. You will get ample comps (free travel, hotel stay, shows, meals, etc.) if you are a high roller!

Thoko

I think you make some interesting points about addiction Ames. I used to do a lot of drugs, and therefore I have a different perspective on this movie. It doesn't contradict yours, but there are more layers. The issue, is that drugs and other addictions offer a way to temporarily escape from your problems because it forces your mind to be in an alternative state. Its basically a very effective distraction from your own anxiety. In my opinion the reason why she couldn't stop doing the drugs, was because she had nothing but abusive people in her life. Even the guy she loved (her pimp) was clearly emotionally abusive towards her. The best way to stop doing drugs (and other addictions) is to resolve the problems in your life, or to completely get away from the types of people who are enabling or contributing to those problems. But this woman kept being attracted to guys who would eventually be abusive to her. So she needed more drugs to escape, mentally.

Hold Down A
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Yes that’s for the more in-depth look and for sharing I agree, so much more to it than what I touched on

Thoko

I was doing some more thinking about this reaction, and I now have my own theory why the main character fell in love with the woman. He is attracted to her weakness for addiction. I mean, he talks about how the casino always wins. They just have to convince you to stay a little longer, and then the casino wins. Well, in my opinion he figured that it didn't matter that he had not succeeded at getting her to love him YET. He, in his own mind, was like the casino. If he could convince her to stay a little longer, he would eventually "win" her heart.

Brian

Iconic movie. Terrific insight in your post movie reaction on topics I’ve never even considered, even though I’ve seen this dozens of times, at this point. Easily the best role Sharon Stone ever got in her career. Such a tragic portrayal, watching this lost soul eventually being kicked to the curb by everyone around her. And, like you did, Ames, everyone had the same reaction to Joe Pesci’s portrayal of Nicky, in that it was so similar to his portrayal of Tommy in Goodfellas. I’ve always tried to separate the two movies as their own entity, even though it’s hard to differentiate Pesci’s performance between the two movies. Ultimately, both are classic Scorsese, & both are endlessly entertaining in telling us what is in essence the same story (ultimately the same story as The Wolf of Wallstreet, by the way). The rise & fall of charismatic characters hungry for money & power, with zero sense of morals or ethics in how they obtain said money & power. Always a cautionary tale from Marty. Looks so fun & exciting, at 1st, yet Marty always so brilliantly reveals the tragedy of that inevitable fall from grace.