Episode
The Ballad of a Small Player (2024): “Casino Carpets, Watery Wads of Cash, and Swinton in Disguise”
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- Can I change my score?
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- Oct 31, 2025
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- 1849
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Summary
In this episode of Can I Change My Score? , Sophie and Matt gamble on The Ballad of a Small Player , a slow, spectral tale of vice, fate, and soggy banknotes somewhere off the coast of Macau. Sophie’s taken by the dreamlike mood and neon melancholy; Matt’s hung up on haunted money stashes and Colin Farrell looking like he hasn’t seen a shower since the Bush administration. Tilda Swinton’s somewhere in there, too – maybe. Probably. Definitely? They unpack the film’s elusive plot, its folklore undercurrent, and what happens when a man loses everything but still keeps betting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.