Croupier, directed by Mike Hodges, is a film about a struggling writer who takes a job as a croupier in a local casino. Jack finds his personal and professional loyalties divided when he chooses his new career at the casino. Part of his his problems come from his own inner struggles as an aspiring yet struggling writer. His ambitions and cockiness have landed him deep in debt, and his father bails him out by getting him the job at the casion. He develops an alter ago, Jake, and he fits rights in and becomes a staple to the place as a dealer. Enter Marion, his girlfriend, who continues to challenge him to follow his heart and continue his quest to be a writer. The plot thickens when he is seduced by one of his customers, Jani who wants more than sex. Her and her accomplices plan to rob the casino and they proposition Jack to be the inside man.
The editing is thematic montage, which allows the audience to see Jack transform into Jake. Similar scenes with both characters show the good and bad of each. In the beginning of the film Jack, who is not the quintessential gambler, does not fit in well with the derelicts in the casino (this is what I got from the scene with the roulette wheel). Later in the film, when Jack is Jake, he has assimilated into the lifestyle and adopts the bad habits.
The editing is thematic montage, which allows the audience to see Jack transform into Jake. Similar scenes with both characters show the good and bad of each. In the beginning of the film Jack, who is not the quintessential gambler, does not fit in well with the derelicts in the casino (this is what I got from the scene with the roulette wheel). Later in the film, when Jack is Jake, he has assimilated into the lifestyle and adopts the bad habits.
Read the question a bit more carefully. What is the mirroring of something in the first part of the film that is repeated in a mirror in the second.
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