House of Games also brought a srong message to the table. It put a lot of emphasis on the details of things, which is smart because a lot of people fail to pay attention to detail. The lighter could just have been a lighter but why did Mamet choose to close up on the lighter. Could the lighter represent things we want? Maybe by her taking that lighter from her mentor at the end of the movie, she was trying to treat herself to finer things in life by being assertive and taking it.
As the movie progresses she is taught the tricks of the trade by this con man and she learns to go look for the tell. The tell is not always easily visible. This man's job is to look out for detail and she constantly tries to see the bigger picture. She doesn't know how to do this. She's never enjoyed the finer things in life and she applies this to everything by ignoring the smaller details. He essentially shows her what lies in those little things that she chooses to ignore. By living a more human life with mistakes that she would normally avoid, she's able to enjoy life.
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