- The first 8 minutes of long shot rehearsal took a day, and the shooting took a day and a half, and it took 15 shots to complete. Five of them were developed and the third shot was selected for use in the movie. The dialogue in the scene is improvised, and there is no subtitle at the end.
- The shots of Jeff Daniels wearing a surgeon's robe playing golf in the hospital and Patrick Swayze showing off his karate skills were all shot, but were cut off in the end.
- The interior setting of Griffin Mill's office is the same as in the movie "Barton Fink".
- Chel appeared in a red dress at the awards ceremony of "only in black and white" in the film, but in reality she never wears red.
- The costume of the eulogy in the funeral scene is the same as when David Kahane was killed.
- Julia Roberts, like other actors, also played a trick for the film free of charge.
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Extended Reading
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Forrest 2021-12-22 08:01:22
3.5 It may be that the translated version is not good, or you don’t like this style. The two-hour film can’t stand it three times in the first 20 minutes, and fell asleep twice...Where is the "advanced game" for the male protagonist? It's not very understanding either. But the long shot skills at the beginning are good.
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Amelia 2021-12-22 08:01:22
3.5. It’s a bit over-famous, the characters are somewhat facial, but some scenes where several sets of dialogues are overlapped and interlaced at the same time are still shot very well. Watching Altman's documentary, it was mentioned that he was expelled from the production company in his early years because he was obsessed with letting actors chant at the same time. I have to say that the scenario in which the screenwriter and director chased the producer for a one-minute elevator pitch portrayed in this film is quite real. I have encountered such a situation several times, and I am really embarrassed and aggrieved. I don’t know why I always feel urinary at this moment... I still can’t figure out how the core of a script can be expressed clearly in tens of seconds. It is said that this is a necessary skill for first-time screenwriters to break into Hollywood, but perhaps only Marvel movies can do this. I have also encountered some American screenwriters and producers. The arrogant offensiveness that radiated from them is prohibitive. Probably because of this, only those movies that match their temperament and ideas will prevail in Hollywood, while other types will always enter. Can't stop their eyes. From this perspective, Altman's disgust and disdain for this industry is also fully expressed.
The Player quotes
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[after watching The Bicycle Thief]
Griffin Mill: Great movie, huh? So refreshing to see something like this after all these... cop movies and, you know, things we do. Maybe we'll do a remake of this!
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Malcolm McDowell: If you've got something to say about me; say it to my face, not behind my back.