44 - The Card Counter (2021)

Ben and Tim conclude our summer block with Paul Schrader and his beautiful, heartbreaking story of accountability and redemption "The Card Counter". We get into Paul posting, Global War on Terror, torture, PTSD, poker vs blackjack and so much more. This ended up being one of the realer episodes of DF to date and hope you enjoy listening as much as we did talking about this stone cold masterpiece. Also discussed: Verity, Digger (light spoilers), Dawn of the Dead, The Green Mile, A History of Violence, Control: Resonant plus book corner with Tim! We will be back next week kicking off our fall programming block as we celebrate the 10 year birthday of Adam Curtis' dazzling, extremely frustrating big budget video essay "HyperNormalisation". Thanks to Disco and Eric as always. Letterboxed: DeadFormatPod Bluesky: DeadFormatPod