The Ballad of a Small Player (2024): “Casino Carpets, Watery Wads of Cash, and Swinton in Disguise”

In this episode of Can I Change My Score?, Sophie and Matt gamble on The Ballad of a Small Player, a slow, spectral tale of vice, fate, and soggy banknotes somewhere off the coast of Macau. Sophie’s taken by the dreamlike mood and neon melancholy; Matt’s hung up on haunted money stashes and Colin Farrell looking like he hasn’t seen a shower since the Bush administration. Tilda Swinton’s somewhere in there, too – maybe. Probably. Definitely? They unpack the film’s elusive plot, its folklore undercurrent, and what happens when a man loses everything but still keeps betting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.