Planned Improvisation OTTID:463785
The Player
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In the following documentary, produced in 2016, actor Tim Robbins, author and screenwriter Michael Tolkin, production designer Stephen Altman, and associate producer David Levy discuss the making of THE PLAYER and Robert Altman’s unique approach to directing.
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Robert Altman on THE PLAYER OTTID:463786
This interview, in which director Robert Altman discusses THE PLAYER and the Hollywood film industry, was recorded in New York in December 1992.
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THE PLAYER Cannes Press Conference OT...
THE PLAYER won two awards at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival: best director for Robert Altman and best actor for Tim Robbins. Altman and Robbins participated in this press conference at that year’s festival, along with writer Michael Tolkin; actors Whoopi Goldberg, Brian James, and Dina Merrill; an...
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Genre Play in THE PLAYER OTTID:465890
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.
