The Player

Robert Altman's stab at Hollywood is a delight for movie watchers. This film is full of reflexivity as it portrays the inner workings of a Hollywood movie production company. Tim Robbins stars as Griffin Mill, a movie executive that's been receiving death threats from a writer that he promised to get back to, but never did. The film is Altman's attempt to expose the corrupt dealings of Hollywood production companies. It's his way of showing that the industry's only goal is to "make a buck" and that they don't care about the art of film. This is clearly shown when the film pitched within the movie, "Habeus Corpus", which was meant to have no stars and a tragic ending, is changed to sell more tickets and make more money. Even the writer, who was very adamant about the artisitic style of his movie, sold out to make his fortune. In fact, the one woman who protested the changes was fired. The film definitely points out the flaws of the Hollywood system and is a great film for viewers and filmmakers alike