Casino, Trust, and Greedy.
Can I trust you?
Can I?
Can I trust you? After
watching "From Casino", these three lines haunted my mind repeatedly.
"From Casino" is another epic by Martin and the follow-up to "Good Guy". Many critics think this is one of Martin's most successful works, and I agree with it. "From Vegas" is based on a true novel. Martin Scorsese and the team reshaped the story, and most of the plot is true.
Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Sam'Ace' Rothstein) is a casino tycoon in the Midwest. There is only greed and money in his casino: attract customers, let them play, and then squeeze them clean. He met the charming Ginger in the casino, and Sam, who was at the peak of his career, was completely obsessed with the vase from the prostitute. He bought her heart with money, and he also had a daughter together. Then, Jin Ji still loves her old boyfriend Lester, the pimp, and gives him money. She is also corroded by substances. She is addicted to drugs and alcohol. She also has an ambiguous relationship with Sam’s friend Nicky. . Sam was very angry about this, but he couldn't do anything about it. He didn't get rid of her cruelly. After the endless quarrel, they still separated. Jin Ji died of a drug overdose. Sam continued to be a tycoon relying on ingenuity and luck, but the lonely man had no lover or friend.
"From Casino" is Martin Scorsese's longest work, 177 minutes is even longer than "good guy". The novel author Pileggi regarded it as the third part of Scorsese's "gangster trilogy" after "Bad Streets" and "Good Guys". It's almost another "good guy", but it's more luxurious and gorgeous. If there is any weakness of "From Casino", it is that it is too much like "Goodies"!
In my understanding, the theme of "Lady from Casino" is about trust and greed. Here are a few words from "Ace" Rostain:
"When you love someone, you have to trust her. There is no other way. You have to give him the keys to control all of you. Otherwise...what else? Once, at one time, I believed that was the love I had ever had."
Sam is always a winner in the casino business, but not in life. He lost his love and friendship. In fact, he played a love gamble. He trusts Jin Ji, at least that she can be trusted. I think why Sam still believes in love is because he has played too many tricks in business, and he has almost lost the ability to trust. And love is his only blank, the only place where he can try to "trust".
Sam fell in love with Jin Ji at first sight, she was so dazzling and attractive, and he was so confident that he could control this woman, he imagined her very simple: let her have everything and you can get her. This is Sam's adventure, he volunteered to challenge and tame this violent woman. He satisfies all her material needs, and this is the root of the problem: greed. Happiness is always short-lived, followed by endless quarrels and pain. In fact, a divorce can eliminate many problems, but he can't do it because he loves her too much. Loving her to gain her dignity for Sam is already about himself, a man who thinks he is successful can't believe that he can't control it all.
I was impressed with one plot, that is, when Sam drove Jin Ji out of the mansion angrily in the middle of the night, he went back to bed alone. After a while, Jin Ji came back, lying gently beside Sam, he still touched her, although he could not say a word. In another scene, Jin Ji was crying hysterically in the bedroom, and Sam finally hugged and kissed her tenderly. These scenes show how much Sam loves Jin Ji, how stubbornly and strongly he loves her, and trusts her. He forgave her time and time again.
On the other hand, Jin Ji is not the winner of this gamble. She is becoming greedy, morally degenerate, and self-defeating. In the end this epic turned into a tragedy, a tragedy full of love and hatred, loyalty and betrayal, fame and ruin-these themes have always been the themes of Martin Scorsese's movies.
"Casinos" reflects the lack of innocence in modern society; people are lost in money and desires. In this movie I found a sad cycle of trust: Ace trusts Jin Ji; Jin Ji trusts Lester; Sam does not trust Nicky; Nick does not trust Jin Ji... Trust is not innately used Come to be let down?
Jin Ji is not a positive female image. On the contrary, she embodies more or less weaknesses in women: greed, materiality, and irrationality. Not every woman is Alice, but many women have something in common with Jin Ji. I think this is exactly what Martin wants to show about women. Jin Ji is so fragile, she has nothing but beauty, she can't survive without a man, she just needs a sense of security. But love did not make Jin Ji strong, although there is a saying that women grow up through men. Martin has taught us too many lessons about men and women. This is a topic he is interested in. I have said before because he is an expert in this area.
How does a woman become a woman? Can the movie tell us the answer? This may be an eternal topic for every filmmaker, and it is also a lifelong lesson for every woman. Fortunately, we can also absorb nutrients from movies, not to mention the works of masters like Martin. Some facts are certain: women grow through experience-be loved by men, become independent because of their free heart, and are strong because of fear of loneliness. I know there are still many courses to learn, and Martin Scorsese is a very good teacher.
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