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Oct 1, 1993 · A film adaptation of Raymond Carver's short stories, featuring a group of Los Angeles residents whose lives intersect in various ways. The film explores themes of marriage, infidelity, death, and social connections with Altman's signature style of overlapping dialogue and multiple plotlines.
- (47K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Robert Altman
- 1993-10-01
Short Cuts is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. The film has a Los Angeles setting, which is substituted for the Pacific Northwest backdrop of Carver's stories.
- $12 million
- October 3, 1993
- Cary Brokaw
- Mark Isham
Waitress Doreen Piggot (Lily Tomlin) accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma.
- (966)
- Robert Altman
- R
- Andie Macdowell
Roger Ebert praises Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" as a film that captures the uneasiness and disconnection of Los Angeles life. He compares the film to Raymond Carver's stories and admires its interlocking narratives, coincidences and characters.
Synopsis. The film opens as a fleet of helicopters sprays for medflies, revealing all the characters along the path of their flight. Dr. Ralph Wyman and his wife, Marian, meet another couple, Stuart and Claire Kane, at Zoe Trainer's cello concert and make a spontaneous Sunday dinner date.
The work of two great American artists merges in Short Cuts, a kaleidoscopic adaptation of the stories of renowned author Raymond Carver by maverick director Robert Altman. Epic in scale yet meticulously observed, the film interweaves the stories of twenty-two characters as they struggle to find solace and meaning in contemporary Los Angeles.
Dec 3, 2004 · Robert Altman directs this episodic comedy drama based on nine short stories and one poem by Raymond Carver. The film follows the lives and longings of various characters in contemporary Los Angeles.
