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Robert Altman's first film was this 26-minute short, which has a football coach explaining how to play the sport. This is basically an educational short where the viewer learns about the various rules of the sport as the narrator explains them while we see reenactments.
Direction
Altman learns his craft with zero budget, zero stars.
Production
Industrial filmmaking as apprenticeship—rarely seen.

Director
Robert Altman
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