Great movie. Bought that one on VHS sight unseen from a local video store that was going under during their liquidation sale. I was a freshman in high school and didn't know much about Altman other than he was the guy who did the movie M.A.S.H. and Short Cuts. I liked those two so I figured the $1.99 was worth it.

Holy shit. I watched it 30 times over the next couple of years.

It's so rich with content and such an inversion of the typical narrative structure where the main character is the slimiest snake out of a film filled with slimy snakes. Brion James with a great little performance (always nice). I had a huge crush on Cynthia Stevenson which made what happens to her more impactful. Fred ward killing it. D'Onofrio as a Hollywood writer stereotype who can only get a meeting when one of the exec's feels threatened. I'm sure there is A LOT of inside baseball type of commentary going on in this film that I just don't understand, but damn... so much happening in this one. I love it.

As you are a guy who has been in the Hollywood trenches for a good while now, I am curious about your thoughts on this film.