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- From: indiv35@imsor.dth.dk (Henrik Sahlholt (bfn - 2/93))
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- Subject: Re: The Player (was Re: Academy Awards)
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 23:58:37 GMT
- References: <1993Jan01.202821.13401@microsoft.com> <1993Jan2.200530.13182@daimi.aau.dk> <1i5dvtINN5vk@shelley.u.washington.edu> <1993Jan3.070531.18560@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
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- In <1993Jan3.070531.18560@bcrka451.bnr.ca> simpson@bnr.ca (Scott Simpson) writes:
-
- >In article <1i5dvtINN5vk@shelley.u.washington.edu> twain@milton.u.washington.edu (Barbara Hlavin) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan2.200530.13182@daimi.aau.dk> rorschak@daimi.aau.dk
- >>(Jesper Lauridsen) writes:
- >>>
- >>>Having seen 103 movies (video not counted) in 1992 I think that I qualify
- >>>as a "movie buff" (or on my way to be one), and I really can't see what
- >>>is so great about The Player. It was funny, entertaining, a bit predictable
- >>>but overall well made. Good professional work, but great? No.
- >>>
- >>A hilarious delight in and appreciation of THE PLAYER depends to
- >>a large extent on one's sense of movies as a separate art form,
- >>with its own history, and a profoundly satirical and even cynical
- >>understanding of exactly how deeply Americans have been affected in
- >>many aspects of both their public and their private lives.
- >>
- >>A *bit predictable*?? If there was anything predictable in THE PLAYER
- >>it came from its way of playing games with our knowledge of older and
- >>classic movies.
-
- >Having seen as many movies as Jesper, I must agree with Barbara-- almost the
- >whole point (and entertainment value) of "The Player" was how much it took digs
- >at traditional Hollywood formula movies and their stars. From seeing stars of
- >"old Hollywood" quarrantined to a corner of the room at a swanky party to the
- >innumerable cameos of high-falutin' stars, "The Player" presents to us just how
- >*some* of the system works. Heck, one of my favourite snippets of the movie
- >(and there are numerous snippets) is in the final scene, when Tim Robbins is
- >kissing Greta Scacchi, holding his hand on her (obviously) pregnant tummy in
- >the usual "They Live Happily Ever-After" (TM) moment, as a taunting "na na na
- >na naaaaa na" chorus sounds over the scene. Altman is almost insulting us for
- >accepting such a happy ending. I loved it.
-
- >Anyway, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and Jesper just didn't find
- >"The Player" one of his hundred best. No problem. Just as long as he rates
- >it higher than "Shining Through"... ;-)
-
- I think that we can all agree about Shining Through :)
-
- Just thought I would lend Jesper some support; The Player _was_ definitely a
- predictable film. It hardly comes as a supprise that hollywood movies are made
- only with a profit in mind, and that the artistic qualities are sacrificed in
- the process. Moreover, this subject is hardly relevant for people outside the
- entertainment industry.
-
- Besides, wouldn't it somehow defeat it's purpose if it won at the Oscars?
-
- Just another opinion from a buff... (86 movies in 1992)
-
-
- Henrik Sahlholt
- (d01hs@vm2.uni-c.dk)
-