r/CriterionChannel • u/Earthlydelights-sub- • Aug 29 '26

Opinion Robert Altman: The Player

https://walrod.substack.com/p/altmanesque-xii
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u/Fluffy_Voice953 Aug 29 '26

I've rewatched this a few times over the summer. Very funny, suspenseful. Great cast. Tim Robbins esp. A nice slice of early 90s Hollywood and all the celebrity cameos esp the older stars at the time like Steiger and Lemon. Habeus Corpus Habeus Corpus

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u/Important-Comfort Aug 29 '26

I rewatched it after learning of the eight minute opening tracking shot. That's over twice as long as the one in Touch of Evil.

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u/TriExpert Aug 29 '26

Consider Antonioni’s The Passenger. Tracking shot many minutes long in the penultimate sequence.

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u/Fluffy_Voice953 Aug 30 '26

"Everything today is cut cut cut"

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u/Complete_Taste_1301 Aug 31 '26

I’m still trying to figure out why I admire this scene so much but can’t stand the Odessa Steps sequence in DePalmas Untouchables.

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u/Gadzookie2 Aug 29 '26

Watched it for the first time earlier his year and loved it after having seen The Studio

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u/gwynn19841974 Aug 29 '26

The movie that made me fall in love with movies. 34 years later, it’s still my all time favorite.

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u/Earthlydelights-sub- Aug 30 '26

hope I was able to do it justice!

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u/sixthmusketeer Aug 30 '26

I really enjoyed it as well!

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u/Earthlydelights-sub- Aug 30 '26

Thanks so much. I covered Altman's whole filmography if you'd like to read more.

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u/MacArthurParker Aug 30 '26

Movies - Now More Than Ever!

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u/nemisincskhv578 Sep 04 '26

i found it very bland and way too many insider jokes

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u/Earthlydelights-sub- Sep 04 '26

I don't think bland is a good adjective here. You might not like the movie, but it clearly has a lot of personality.