The Player (#812) Film Movement a new video appreciation by

a new video appreciation by Stephen Thrower

But when a beloved French patriot is murdered while trying to sabotage Von Waldheim’s scheme

sleazy terror

relied less on graphic violence and high body counts and more on psychological tension

The Player (#812) Film Movement a new video appreciation byCriterion Collection. 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 satire from Robert Altman. Mixing elements of film noir with sly insider comedy, The Player, based on a novel by Michael Tolkin, functions as both a nifty stylish murder story and a commentary on it's own making, and it is stocked