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The Music of Chance: Directed by Philip Haas. With James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Durning. A thrill seeker agrees to help a shady professional gambler win a high stakes poker game. However, they lose and become captives of two eccentric rich men who decide to forcibly keep them on their remote gated ranch as indentured ...
Aug 5, 2022 · Highly underrated cult gem from the early 90's. Directed by acclaimed American artist, screenwriter and filmmaker Philip Haas and based on the novel by author Paul Auster. Starring Mandy Patinkin, James Spader, M. Emmet Walsh, Charles Durning, Joel Grey, Samantha Mathis & Chris Penn. "The Music of Chance is an artfully constructed trap.
Jul 16, 1993 · Paul Auster’s 1990 novel “The Music of Chance,” directed and co-scripted by Philip Haas, has made its move to the screen with its low-key creepiness intact. The sense of impending matter-of ...
The Music of Chance. Paul Auster. Faber & Faber, 2000 - Gamblers - 217 pages. 'By the time Nashe understood what was happening to him, he was past the point of wanting it to end . . .'. Following the death of his father and the inheritance of a large sum of money, Jim Nashe takes to the open road in pursuit of a 'life of freedom'.
The Music of Chance explores how one moment can forever alter -- and perhaps destroy -- lives. It also reinforces the old saying that luck is too capricious a force to trust. At the center of the story are three characters. James Nashe is the basic "nice guy" who believes in honoring obligations regardless of the cost.
Dec 1, 1991 · Praise for Music of Chance: “A tour de force about freedom and imprisonment, motion and stasis, order and randomness. . .its story beautifully paced and shaped, its tone powerfully ominous.” –The Wall Street Journal “You won’t read much better writing anywhere on the lure of the open road – and it catches the reader in a surprisingly strong spell.
Dec 1, 1991 · The Music of Chance. Paperback – Deckle Edge, December 1, 1991. by Paul Auster (Author) 4.1 510 ratings. See all formats and editions. An “exceptional” (Los Angeles Times) tale of fate, loyalty, responsibility, and the real meaning of freedom, from the author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1: A Novel. A finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award.
