The Player

This movie holds up in every single way. What an amazing film. I amazoned the Criterion today and the picture looked great. So fun too seeing who was on top in 1992 Hollywood.

I think this might be one of my favorite movies of all time. Top 10? Top 15 for sure.

Choral film about the ins and outs of Hollywood. Lots of cameos.

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This is a fascinating movie about movie making and making a movie with in a movie. While a murder investigation is going on and a Studio Executive - is being stalked by a writer he blew off.

You really don’t like any of the characters, but I think that is what Robert Altman wanted. He even maybe wanted you to hate them.

The acting is great and Lyle Lovett is perfect in his understated detective role.

The theme of the movie is that box office and awards trumps reality every time…

This one has so many cameos in it that this might be the Nexus for the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Game.

Like playing the field: there are a lot of cool people involved and it's way more fun than you think it'd be.

I don't know enough about behind-the-scenes Hollywood to know how accurate Robert Altman's takedown is, but I do know enough about satire to say this story of a producer killing it in his job is a masterclass of writing, acting and directing.

A fun movie set in Hollywood, I thought it was original and I had no clue what would happen next! I'm not sure if it's very rewatchable but I guess I'll find out in a few years.

The Player is a fun film. It is satirical and intelligent with a story that is vastly applicable. Loved all the cameos and film references. Many viewing are required to fully appreciate this work of art, and I look forward to them all.

Production noir about a producer in Hollywood where everyone forgot about art and put together pieces of other people's ideas like puzzles, trying to make a profit or Oscars. What will happen if he himself becomes the hero of a bad script, maybe this will at least encourage him to make a real film? Who will let him?

What if _Entourage_ was a meta mystery?
It took me a while to get a feel for the tone of this one.
I get that this is not meant to be taken all that seriously, but I still found some of the dialogue and acting a little awkward.
For example, Vincent D'Onofrio gives a genuinely bad performance, I don't know what Altman was aiming at with that stuff.
It's still an engaging film though, lots of meta commentary on the film industry, and it's filled with some great camerawork (I love the opening shot).
The two main characters are interesting, and it does go in directions I didn't expect.

6.5/10

Great movie about the movie business and a mystery as to who is it.

Its examination of Hollywood's insincerity never becomes tedious because of the thriller at its core: a generally ambiguous, smug, and unremorseful movie executive stuck between studio politicking, love, the murder he commits, and a writer out for revenge. However, its sardonic elements are still indirect and clinical, and its metanarrative only comes to particular prominence at the end. Its genre-blending still makes for a consistently enjoyable film, but I don't feel it offers much to chew on in its satirical sneering.