TL wrote:
"Did you read the book? And if so, how do you feel they
compare? Has anyone on list read THE PLAYER?"
I've got a copy on shelves, along with Tolkin's Among the
Dead. Didn't he recently put out a sequel to The
Player?
Given how much I like his movies, those he wrote and those he
directed
-- Gleaming the Cube, Deep Cover, The Rapture, New Age, etc
-- I don't know why I've never read his books. I should get
on that.
As for the movie, The Player, I was a bit disappointed. There
were a lot of good scenes and bits along the way, but no
matter how ironic the celebrity cameos were supposed to be,
it was still those celebrity appearances that sold the movie.
Yes, there was probably some satisfaction for Altman in using
their attachment to sell the project that bit the hand that
had alternately fed and bitten him, but there were so many
celebrity appearances that they took over the movie and made
it guilty of exactly what it criticized.
Mark
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