Simplicity and familiarity are much easier to put on a poster than complexity and originality. Today, even more than 20 years ago, this is the sort of picture Hollywood likes; in the years since “The Player,” Hollywood has almost completely gotten out of the business of making serious dramas, character studies, or non-franchise movies made from properties viewers don’t recognize right away.
Robert Altman’s ‘The Player’: What lessons Hollywood has learned from the showbiz satire
