Now I've got to go back and watch for Robbins' many references to different brands of water, pointed out by the NYTimes just today. One of the movies you need to have on your shelf. The only one with morals involved in the movie business gets fired, of course. He backs down on both 'no stars' and 'no Hollywood ending'. Watching the writers become sycophants, prostituting their 'art' just to get the movie made rang QUITE true. I still wish I could have heard what Burt Reynolds was saying, nothing complimentary, when Robbins walked up to him at the restaurant. It seems too melodramatic for reality, but melodrama is what these people are all about!!!!! Altman's favorite trick of having everybody talk over each other is, while realistic, disconcerting. You don't know what's true and what's not, even when the producer's ex-girlfriend is left sobbing on the steps. The convoluted plot makes the movie more interesting, even as we see a Palm Springs lovers' rendezvous where some lovers swim in the nude in front of others dancing. Watching the various emotions play across Tim Robbins face makes you understand what a great actor he is. The many homages paid to other movies is great: the execution scene from "I want to Live" is replayed, and Bruce Willis jumping in the midst of the cyanide fumes to rescue the damsel in distress makes the contrast with the Graham movie even more poignant (especially if you believe she was innocent). We are able to see the brutish way the studios treat their writers.and don't find it difficult to believe that some writer would want to murder the producer. It is also possible to buy 'The Player' on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube as download or rent it on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand online. Robert Altman performed a great service to us movie fans with this movie. A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one The Player streaming: where to watch online Currently you are able to watch 'The Player' streaming on Criterion Channel, HBO Max.
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