The Gambler Holds the rush in vegas
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- A Clip Where the Caan character from the film The Gambler is in vegas, and he is conducting his "juice " into reality into his chosen creation , which in this case is to win gambles against exceedingly high odds . It is instinct, it is omens, it is the application of supreme will, it is so much more than this.
Caan instinctively knows that when he engages the 2+2 = 5 psychological stance, he begins to access a particular type of ceative juice which is both intoxicating, enlightening and mesmerising , but its most potent signature is that he beleives that he can manipulate reality to his own desire with the blessing of the gods .
But the "channeling" of this "juice" is by its very creative volatile nature, a very momentary affair , the caan character seems to intuit that the more skilled he becomes at riding this "juice" the greater the risk he can take, and therefore he can defy and overcome the ambient negative expectation that is a dominant host to most conditioned beings.
In the last scene in this clip, the camera looks up at caan as he reaches the peak of the juices ride, just at the point where it is about to collapse into itself and devour caan, in a metaphysical sense, in a real sense, he could lose all his bet and his metaphysical self confidence ,
Caans belief in his own imminence at this moment in that he feels invincible and that he has temporarily mastered the phenomena of chance , and so places a high stakes bet that defys sense.
he is here creating and manifesting his own reality as he desires.
The camera angle is beautiful in that it looks up to caan , with the accompanying beatifully apt musical score, and up behind caan, is what can only be described as a symbolic representation of a giant spiders web all around and above him, about to drop over and engulf him, like a shadow psychological representation of the opposing force that caan has generated in opposition to his "juice"
But this opposing force can only be activated if caan falls to the sword of doubt.
In this instance he does not, and takes his riches, later in the film , if you play with fire too much, then sooner rather than later you are going to get burnt, and maybe caan did seek the final burning that he receives, in any case, its a must see film to get the complete intricacy of its brilliance.
LOVE the long pause and stare Caan gives after the dealer flips over the 3. He KNOWS that was the gambling moment he's been waiting all his life for it's NEVER going to get that good again and he WALKS.....
Well said.
"GIVE ME THE 3" - I always come back to this scene and his diner scene in Thief. Some of this best work. RIP Mr.Caan
Thief was his best film ❤
the triumphant closing segment is one of the best two minutes of cinema of the entire 70's
I'm blessed
God bless and save us all
agreed
As a gambler I can fully understand this film. Money is probably the least of the reasons why we gamble.
Amen to that.
Same here.
Yeah sure....that's the only reason to gamble any other reason makes no sense dont try and be deep or something like that the real reason why gamblers gamble is to make money theres no other reason to gamble if money wasnt involved
@@admirosmanovic1368 - What if you're gambling a night with your friend's wife?
Terrific film and Mahler's music in this scene adds to the tension.
Bob, Which Mahler piece is this ? I can't find it. TYVM
This and Thief. Two of the all time bests. Because of Caan. What an actor.
Such a mesmerizing scene, when he hits that 3. It really sucks you in. Also, it is quite possibly the best cinematic interpretation of the rush of winning. It pushes all the right buttons. Just like youself seem to do .... when you're winning.
Thanks for the upload!
I have always thought this scene was haunting. Perfect art. They don't give prizes out at halftime Axel.
He was such a great actor, RIP James Caan.
one of caan s greatest roles...
They don't pay at halftime is the most iconic line in any gambling movie period.
As most of us know, all addictions never end well, I mean at least, the way the addicted person wants it to end. Only until the addicted person gets away from his or her addiction and then he or she learns emotional strength thru a higher power. Prayers for anyone fighting an addictive struggle. and RIP James Caan, we will miss your brilliance as an actor.
The true gambler gets at least as much from the risk as from the reward.
very excellent observation
she jinxed him when she said "hot table !!! You never say that--- that's why he got up!!!
Rest in peace Jimmy know give me the 3
No bullshit, I did this to a 10 dollar hand for a laugh. I had 19 and I said gimme the 2. And I got the 2. Nobody around me ever heard of this movie.
At the end "thats it now its over" every gamblers words before they loose it all
the fleeting shot at 1:06 (left edge of shot), of the gentleman sitting down on the crap table (boxman), is Steve Kennelly, who at the time of this filming was employed as a supervisor in the dice pit at the now demolished Riviera, (where this scene was shot). Steve recently passed away at 70. He was born in Iowa and moved to Las Vegas in 1954, where a year later his father John, would open the Riviera as a tables games supervisor. End of an era, in a sense, especially for this property.
This happened 45 years ago and the casinos are still trying to figure out how he knew to hit that 18.
I saw this movie in Las Vegas in 1974, and the audience cheered when the 3 came up. The scene shows
exactly, (for some painfully) the juice the rush gives a person, that has caused relentless human wreckage for countless people chasing it.
In my opinion, probably Jimmy's finest performance
3:33 I think the suit Caan is wearing as he plays bacarrat is so cool. I love those huge collars
40,000 !! That's 4 Eldorado's!!! Lolol Paul Sorvino great movie
He's right you gotta sting, spark, table hop, finger pop, feint, weave , and blast.
"For me, the action IS the juice."
love this movie. knowing that 3 is there is what he means when he was explaining "2 + 2= 5" in his lecture.
Notice how at the end, with nothing left to risk, he walks into the ghetto and risks his life!
My old man is the dealer! Reminiscent of better days...
Was that his voice they looped in there?
I see his name tag says David. Is that his real name?
Yes it is!
@@garrettc8709 That's amazing. Your dad did a great job here in the best part of this movie.
quintessential portrayal of gambling fever in 70's vegas
The football bettor at the bar with glasses also played a cop in The Pope of Greenwich Village, one of the two who interviewed Bunky (Walter's) mother after he fell like a gopher down that open shaft.
The craps dealer has dollar (silver) coins and nickels ($5 red) chips and then green $25 chips. The bets are big but not exorbitant for the 1970s. The Big6-Big8 bets on the hook are a hold over in some casinos to this day, and still a bad bet.
The actor's name is M.Emmitt Walsh. I loved the Pope of Greenwich Village.
Love Pope. Such a fine film with 3 great actors. Roberts, Rourke, Geraldine Page.
This was on Netflix an they took it off and put a bunch of reality shows like Hoarders an other junk shows WTH , most of their films are B films , same with Amazon , least with Netflix you don't have to toss down $ 100 for a year that you may not want the entire year an can stop in a few months . This film is a lot better than the remake.
i've seen insanely stupid idiotic moves at the blackjack tables in my life but i don't think i've ever seen any person DOUBLE on a hard 18.
I’ve seen someone do it. I tried to stop him but he just looked at me as if I was stupid. He bust. A few minutes later he said to me “did I just double on 18”? He seemed genuinely confused about what he had done. In the context of the game it was a reasonably sized bet.
Look how the light on the ceiling 'turns into' a halo for our hero, like from an old religious painting.
Then, the music swells heralding the second coming (at least in his own mind). Fantastic.
What a magical use of Mahler's Symphony #1
Thanks. Gonna look that one up. Thanks again! very cool. Mahler's 1st Symphony "Titan" (Audio + Score) ua-cam.com/video/ypClfhEwwCw/v-deo.html via @UA-cam
Wonderful interpretation of the images in this sequence...What I call "Interpreting the language of film."
In real life he draws a 10 and has to sleep in the car.
Great Movie !!
I recall this movie when it was new and I was only 12. Wow!!! I'm 57 now. Throughout the 70s and early 80s it used to be shown on one of our local channels quite often. Maybe ten years ago, or more, I inquired about it at a local video shop. Unfortunately,I was told it had never been put on dvd. It would be nice if SOMEONE out there downloaded it to U-Tube.
its on dvd , bare bones no extras but there. go to Amazon..
Such a great movie. RIP James Caan
Great scene.
I like this scene, filmed in Vegas back in the '70s, gives you a look at casinos back then. The only thing missing was a Vegas poker scene.
I remember this movie a lot. It tried to portray the highs and horrible lows of a compulsive gambler who was otherwise very integrated with society, This one clip only portrayed a brief high. The lows will follow. Worse. Far worse than what was shown here, and this movie.
Someone please upload this whole movie
Then he went back to the tables and lost the lot. Amen.
Charlie McTruth A sure sign of the Addict, addicted to the anticipation that results in the against odds win , no one who has not experienced this could ever understand the type of rush that is experienced in the anticipation and fullfillment of the winning, and the great fall in losing that only leads to reinforce the need to win again, an endless loop , and how all of existence is condensed into the expectation of that rare moment of extasy , only a cocaine addict or an affair with an "absolute woman" may come close
icandigitbabe there's nothing that comes close - when your gambling & winning everything makes sense
as long as what your gambling on has an existential meaningfulness in evolving the self up to a higher principle in being :)
The lighting in the background as if blessed by Lady Luck when he gets the 3 for redemption!
thx for the observations , always interesting to hear what others C
"give me the 3"
Jerry Fielding is credited with the music, but my favourite soundtrack is the music in this clip. It's by Gustav Mahler - symphony number 1 in D major.
which movement though?
the good old days..one deck.....This moie really illustrated how gambling can ruin a life...I had a uncle whom lost two houses gambling and a friend whom lost 4 million in 2000 when the nasdeq was 5000...he bought on margin and the nasdeq bottomed out at 1700! Great movie but it hits close to home.
i'm blessed
Did he call Stuart Margolin "little joe" ? I just realized that's his character's name in Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Little Joe is a hard Four in dice
This is what Las Vegas was like in the 1970s. That world doesn't even exist anymore.
Not even close
I miss Ollie's Trolley most of all.
Those were the days - cash in Baccarat instead of chips.
GREAT MOVIE 💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰
thx , i guess i projected quite a lot into it, but i tried to illustrate evidence to support the projections , some would find it absurd, others warm to such outer perceivings
Now that's a dealer at the end 👍
Is your hat for sale?
The dice don't lie and neither do I!
Give me that 3
And later on in the night, he'll be sweating out a 50k bet on an NBA game listening to it on radio while sitting in the bathtub.
@scottmanduzy , also a very adept portrayal of a certain psychological mindset that flirts with madness and the ineffable genius of the magician
the high of gambling is unlike anyother high. after a few years adrenaline stays int he system and does not wash out in time to go to bad. I have had many sleepless nights after a hard win. Loosing is very bad but winning is worse.
Toni Al check my reply above , ties in with your thinking in certain aspects
Totally disagree, a good night at the tables is one of the things that makes life worth living. Of course they are rare.
It's amazing how hard it is to sleep after either a big win or a big loss (assuming you have money left) if you're staying over and the action is 24/7.
Look what they've done to my boy.
One more time.... every gamblers last words before the Fuck
Ours is an Indian casino, so we call it the Tomahawk Chop. You go to reach for one more stack of their chips and the tomahawk comes out.
Can never find this gem on dvd. Frustrating. Thanks.
lastwalk into ghetto....is this self punishment for not winning gloriously enough ...? dr freud, your opinion ?
could be he is finally addicted to the forces released within him during extreme risk , an extreme addicts next progression from pure gambling's win high or lose low providing him with a win win state from every high risk gamble, even going for a beating !
not content w/ beating the house, he seeks other dangerous thrills. and maybe a lot of self-loathing and self-destruction too....
cheers puckyoumeez and zippyman, i think this interpretation slips in the "off the wall" section of analysis but it sure appeals to me
I've been hunting looking for this scene, mistakenly thought Ryan O'Neal played the James Caan character. Blackjack enthusiast here.....DBL Down on Hard 18....pulling a 3!! Good God Almighty. Closest I ever came to that; couple months ago places $10 Bucks on side bet pulled 2 7's....dealer flipped a 7....handed me a $500 chip. Guy next to me was like "Holy Sheet Pal, how'd ya Kno"🤔👍🏼........I didn't....luck pure n simple
Is that a blast from the past or what !!! Old school Vegas and even when this movie was made, the mob actually ran Vegas. I heard the strip was a lot different back then. Less than 10 minutes to drive thru the strip..... Land gaps in between the casinos. And those older casinos, most are long gone, torn down and demolished about the same time the mob got ran out of Vegas. But the gambling addiction back then is the same as it is in 2017.
The Caan character was not gambling on the strip... he was downtown.
I was not watching very carefully, but the casinos I noticed were the 4 Queens and the Golden Nugget, both of which are still open at the same locations. He seems to go into Binions Horseshoe (no longer a hotel/casino... just a casino now) but I could not confirm the interior shots.
Yeah, you could have bought a vacant piece of corner property back then and held onto it until Steve Wynn or somebody else came up and offered you a suitcase full of hundreds for it.
How you like it Tex??
Why is movie never on tv
Get lost kenny rogers
did they really let you deal your own baccarat and payout in $100 bills in vegas back in the day?
Hundreds and twenties. Fun story: I was at the MGM Grand, playing big shot. 21 years old, first time in Vegas. After playing for about an hour, something came over me. I put 2 hundreds on Banker. (someone to my right had the shoe and was dealing). Banker won, the (house) dealer put two C-notes next to mine. I picked them up and placed them on top of the original two. Banker won again. Guy counts out 4 more next to my four. I pick them up and stack them on top of the first 4. Banker wins again. Heart's pounding now. Guy counts out 8 crispies and puts them next to my 8. I pick them up and pile them on top. (the limit was $2000). This is where the sad part starts: Vegas has been doing this for awhile. They know people and what goes on in their heads. At this point, the game slowed to a crawl. People asking for markers, other people paying their commission. Player leaves and another takes his place. Long story short, they were going to delay the game until I cracked, no matter how long it took. I only came to town with $1400 a week before, and now I had $1600 riding on one hand. Finally, my nerves got the best of me and I snatched up the 1600 and replaced it with a single 20. IMMEDIATELY, the cards shot out of the shoe and Banker won again. I've never been so pissed about winning twenty bucks. Anyway, that was the beginning of a lifelong downfall and gambling addiction. Of course I went home broke. You don't recover from something like that. Viva Las Vegas!!
Could they at least have made the hand a soft 18, if they were going to have him double down on 18 against a face card?
He got bitten by the 'things are going too good' bug.
love the movie, but I would Bet the ending has never happened to a gambler, Russian roulette is the closest
LIFE is good. But it's boring. Nothing like making it a little interesting with a wager!
Could they have least made it a soft 18 before he said give me the 3. Try a double down on a hard 18 with a crowded table.
Wouldn't make a difference. Dealer didn't have a bust card showing.
wait so this movie only amounts to a guy doubling an 18 to get a 3 ? lame
Love this film. I gamble at Caesar's all the time. In that same area.
It's March 7th, 2024 and as a somewhat of a degenerate gambler, it's that rush when you're on a heater / cannot lose. Hitting some long shit odds or winning that progressively, larger wager. When you can "see the future" and everything is going as you perceived it BUT it all ends the same every time. You end up pissing it ALL back and more.. 😞😓 True gamblers know that it's not about the money won but the rush and suspense when you make that large wager and waiting for fate/the mathematics to tell you your fate in that 5-15 seconds.. 😲😳🫣