Re: better poker movie -- rounders or grifters?
"the Grifters" is not really a poker movie, but its better than "Rounders" by a mile. "the Sting" (redford/newman)is another good movie thats got poker in it, but my fave is Robert Altman's "California Split" w/Eliott Gould.
BTW the Grifters is based on a great novel by Jim Thompson, who wrote a lot of gritty noir/crime novels. Thompson was a genius novelist, and anyone who likes stories about hustlers, crooks, and killers will surely enjoy his writing. fantastic characters and dialogue. check out
"Pop. 182", "After Dard, My Sweet" and "the Killer Inside Me".
"the Killer Inside Me" is a fascinating story told from the perspective of a diabolical small town sherriff in west Texas. terriffic stuff.
he also wrote a Stanley Kubrick movie about a bank heist i think.
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