The Boston Globe, April 19th, 1992
NEW YORK -- At 67, Robert Altman is a little old to be thought of as a comeback kid. But there's no question that his spectacular roller-coaster career is rocketing up-ward again. The reason is "The Player." It'smore than a satirical comedy about Hollywoodsoullessness -- although it certainly is that. Withits wickedly unhorrified view of movie execs ascool, amoral sharks for whom quality and integ-rity are little more than speed bumps, it's also aPandora's Box of ironies. Hollywood spent three years rejecting theidea of making "The Player." Then Altman --whose career took off in 1970 after 14 ...
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