"Casino" - 152 ft. E-Zone, XG, and Chiclets

About this episode

Ray Salazar reviews the film 'Casino' with guests E-Zone, XG, and Chiclets, discussing its themes and character dynamics.

I am joined by E-Zone, XG, and Chiclets on this review of "Casino" directed by Martin Scorsese. This film is great and will stand the test of time. I like that the film sheds light on how casinos operate and get its' fill. We put man there and see what can come of it. I describe that Las Vegas itself is a character and it's inherently evil, I'd say. The major characters, besides the mobsters, CAN be decent people. It's just the environment that they get molded into. Sam Rothstein and Nicky Santoro ended up being different people as to how they first appeared from the beginning of the film. It's carefully strategic to write a film where a stand up business man is given the keys to a Las Vegas casino and decides to gamble his life's journey with a woman named Ginger. Sam Rothstein is that man and also gambled his life with allowing a well-known & erratic gangster named Nicky Santoro have freedom and pull to do whatever he wants and he gets away with it. It's a recipe for disaster. Like any other famous civilization, good things come to an end and it can end sooner than you know it with a toxic combination. This film about handling what you can possibly handle, knowing very well…

People in this episode

Host: Ray Salazar

Guests: E-Zone, XG, Chiclets

Topics covered

• film review
• Las Vegas
• mobsters
• character analysis
• gambling
• corruption

Keywords

• Casino
• Martin Scorsese
• Las Vegas
• gambling
• mobsters
• film review
• character development

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Casino

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