[UA] Movies with the right vibe

[Dave Turner]

I'm usually a lurker on this lovely thread, but now I've actually got a 
comment/question, so hang on.

After watching the movie "Rounders" a little while ago, it struck me as 
having the right vibe for a UA game.  I also decided that an old Matt Dillon 
movie called "Big Time" (about craps players in the big city) to have the 
same vibe.  I'll try to describe the vibe as best I can.

All the characters are part of an obsessive and shadowy subculture.  Both 
movies are about gamblers who really _know_ a particular game, supreme 
experts who can say that they've seen it all.  It's jaded, cynical, and yet 
familiar, because everyone knows everyone else.  There are plenty of cryptic 
references to tiny illegal games in different dirty corners of the city.  
And below it all is deadly seriousness because these guys are playing for 
real money.  It's all smiles at the table, but watch your back when you 
leave with everyone else's money.  Does anyone see where I'm going with 
this?

These kinds of movies seem like good references to cite to players when 
they're approaching a UA game (well, approaching _mine_, anyway) for the 
first time.

Does anyone else know any movies they can point to and say:  "Yeah, I want 
_that_ vibe in my UA game?"

Ciao,

Dave T.
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