Lex Fridman

What about the pacing?

It is a bit slow.

You have movies like 2001 Space Odyssey, slow.

Yes.

It used to be, back in my day, it used to be slow.

Speaking of faster, life getting faster, I'm sure another influential movie was Goodfellas, Scorsese.

That's faster, right?

A mixture of crime and humor.

Yeah, Casino has, first of all, the character of Sharon Stone.

I mean, everything.

The music.

I would say one of the most memorable moments in film for me is the meeting in the desert.

I mean, it's just the drama building up to that.

Yeah.

The environment, the city, speaking of open world and creating a character from the city.

It's one of the great Vegas films.

the way i see it why take a chance and then the next thing you just shot right the brutality of it all is just brilliant i don't know i probably have to disagree with you on vegas there's at least some competitors you got um with nicholas cage leaving las vegas i mean falling in love with the prostitute you're also you you've written some of the great crime stories ever thank you and in some sense there's love stories in there and you've talked about

being a bit of a romantic yourself, appreciating the depth of love stories in literature at the very least.

And there is a dark kind of love story between an alcoholic and a prostitute.

You got an Oscar for that.