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Finally, the film gets surrealistic and even incorporates the William Tell scene from Burroughs' own life.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2024
She had written: “There’s a seething stillness to ‘The Card Counter,’ and to star Oscar Isaac’s character, William Tell.
From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2021
There is Rat Island, nothing more than a pile of rocks with a strange statue of the Swiss folk hero William Tell.
From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2021
His latest film “The Card Counter,” now playing in theaters, stars Oscar Isaac as William Tell, a gambler existing in something of a self-imposed purgatory, drifting between small-stakes casinos and anonymous motel rooms.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2021
Old William Tell himself couldn’t have shot any straighter than I did.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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