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Genre Play in THE PLAYER

Genre Play in THE PLAYER

2 Episodes

Observations on Film Art No. 15

Jeff Smith walks us through Robert Altman’s most intricately allusive film, a satire that enlists genre tropes in order to send up the Hollywood assembly line that spits them out.

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Genre Play in THE PLAYER

2 Episodes

  • Genre Play in THE PLAYER
    13:00
    Genre Play in THE PLAYER
    Episode 1

    Genre Play in THE PLAYER

    Episode 1

    Jeff Smith walks us through Robert Altman’s most intricately allusive film, a satire that enlists genre tropes in order to send up the Hollywood assembly line that spits them out.

  • The Player
    2:04:26
    The Player
    Episode 2

    The Player

    Episode 2

    Directed by Robert Altman • 1992 • United States
    Starring Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward

    A Hollywood studio executive with a shaky moral compass (Tim Robbins) finds himself caught up in a criminal situation that would be right at home in one of his movie projects, in this biting industry ...

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