The movie, The Player, is about a Hollywood writer Griffin Mills (Tim Robbins), who is trying to save his job from a young, handsome, young man named Larry Levy(Peter Gallager). Mills has to come up with a good story for a movie, or he fears that he will be out of the job. Mills receives many anonymous letters threatening him that he will die soon. He does research that leads him to suspect that David Kahane is his stalker. Griffin Mills goes to Pasadena to find Kahane, to his surprise Kahane is pretty mad at him for not getting back with him about his movie idea. Kahane and Mills get into it in a dark alley way, when David brings up Larry Levy’s name, and in the heat of their arguing Mills accidentally kills David Kahane.
Griffin Mills tries to go on about his life as if nothing ever happened. He even falls in love with Kahane's girl friend. Detectives know that Mills murdered Kahane, but they can’t prove it, so they have to let him go. The whole movie basically shows how Griffin Mills gets away with murder, and everything he goes through.
Robert Altman does a great job with directing The Player, through shots, sound, color, and editing. He has a creative mind and helps the audience see what he sees.
The opening shot is eight minutes long with out a single cut. This is very unique to see in other films, because it is hard to do since everyone in the whole shot has to be perfect. Though the other directors may admire this, and some may like the opening scene, I did not. I believe the opening should have been more interesting. An attention getter would have a good way to grab the viewer’s interest for the rest of the movie. I thought the first eight minutes were rather boring and did not spark my attention. I thought The Player was going to be dull, until I saw some famous actors, which changed my view for the movie.
The cameos really caught my eye. Actually, I thought it was kind of fun trying to find all of the famous actors. Many cameos included: Cher, Angelica Houston, Burt Reynolds, Jeff Goldblume, and more. I have seen this movie three times already and each time I see it, I see different actors that I did not notice before.
The coloring used in The Player was pretty interesting. Colors can be classified as “warm” or “cold.” Throughout the movie, The Player, color was used to set the mood for the scene. Red (a warm color) is used in the murder scene of David Kahane. Red is a color that tends to be thought of as hot, or dangerous. So even previous to the murder red gave the viewer a sense that something bad was going to happen soon. Blue (a cool color) is used when Griffin meets Kahane's girl friend, June Gudmundsdottir. Many people see blue as a safe, innocent, and relaxing color, which truly represents June. The Player also expresses color in the way Griffin Mills is dressed. In the beginning he wears light color clothing and after the murder of David Kahane, you see Mills wearing darker colors, which gives the viewer a sense of evil.
Sound contributes to the varied moods of the actors’ scene. In the murder and sex scene, each have their own sound, but they are more intense and radical compared to other senses. The more intense the music got the more intense the scene got. This got me more involved with the movie. Music makes a movie good, and without music there would not be any involvement with the audience.
Though I didn't like the opening of this film, it is still a good flick. I really encourage everyone to go see it. This is also a great movie for film students to see how everything comes together to make a movie good.
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