La casa dei giochi

Titolo originale: House of Games

1987
R
1h 42min

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Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna in La casa dei giochi (1987)

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Uno psichiatra viene in aiuto di un giocatore compulsivo e viene condotto da un truffatore dalla parlantina tranquilla nell'oscuro ma avvincente mondo di raggiri, truffe e truffatori.Uno psichiatra viene in aiuto di un giocatore compulsivo e viene condotto da un truffatore dalla parlantina tranquilla nell'oscuro ma avvincente mondo di raggiri, truffe e truffatori.Uno psichiatra viene in aiuto di un giocatore compulsivo e viene condotto da un truffatore dalla parlantina tranquilla nell'oscuro ma avvincente mondo di raggiri, truffe e truffatori.

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Ricky Jay was a sleight-of-hand artist and an acknowledged authority on the art of the con. In an NPR interview, Jay related that when David Mamet needed a short-change scam to be explained in the movie, he asked Jay for details of an authentic short-change hustle. However, Jay did not want to betray the confidence of the hustlers he knew who still used various short-change cons for their "livelihood". The envelope switch seen in the final film is an original switch invented by Jay specially for the film. Later, it was reported that an amateur thief had been caught attempting to use the switch as he had learned it from the film.

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Margaret Ford takes her smokes from a package of unfiltered "stubby" Camels, but the actual cigarettes she uses are longer (probably Pall Malls) so they'll "read" better on screen.

Citazioni
Joey: The bitch is a booster.
Mike: The bitch is a born thief, man.
Mr. Dean: So, you had her made from the jump?
Mike: I'm tellin' ya. A ton of fuckin' bricks! Show me some REAL con-men.
Joey: Yeah, we showed her some con-men.
Mike: We showed her some DINOSAUR con-men. Some old style.
Joey: Yes, sir.
Mike: Years from now, they're gonna have to go to a museum to see a frame like this.
Joey: That's right.
Mr. Dean: Took her money and screwed her, too.
Mike: A small price to pay.

Connessioni
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Surrender/Someone to Watch Over Me/Dancers/House of Games/Maurice (1987)

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Fugue
From "Toccata in C Minor (BWV 911)"
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Warren Bernhardt (piano)
[Played during both the opening and end credits]

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8/10

House of Games

Wealthy psychiatrist Lindsay Crouse has just published her first novel and is feeling down about her profession feeling that it's hopeless to help her patients. A young gambling junkie client asks her to help him pay off his debts if he truly wants to help him get better. Here she gets involved with Joe Mantegna. To reveal any more of the plot would spoil one hell of a fun movie and 'House of Games' may very well be the best con movie I've seen. David Mamet wrote and directed this gem that's full of snappy dialogue, great one-liners, and enough twists to keep you guessing til the end. Crouse is perfect as the uptight psychiatrist needing a change and Mantegna tops her as the devilishly sly con-man. And with the exception of a coincidence in the last quarter of the movie, the film is in utter control of it's audience; and we are loving the con.

*** out of ****