Short Cuts

The many residents of Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" do so much more than that: they lie, cheat, steal, kill, ache, long, burn-out, shine bright, fade in the background, sing, dance, drink, make love, screw, shout, scream, fight, and purge their... Full review

Robert Altman has never shied away from casting every actor known to mankind in his films, and this is certainly true with his 1993 film "Short Cuts", a film set in Los Angeles over the course of a couple of... Full review

When Altman is good he's among the greatest, and SHORT CUTS is among his best (M*A*S*H, BREWSTER McCLOUD, NASHVILLE). Adapted from Raymond Carver's collection of stories, SHORT CUTS offers a roving, restless glimpse into the lives of several Los Angelinos.... Full review

In front of a group of fishermen, a waitress bends over for a slab of butter. They take in the image like hungry wolves gulping meat, as her skirt rises high, revealing everything. They like what they see, so they... Full review

A classic bit of Altman - the story of cross-cutting lives over several days in LA. Featuring an all-star cast featuring a host of great character actors including Tim Robins, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Jason Leigh to name a few.The performances... Full review

Spoilers herein.Altman is uneven, and not all of his failures are interesting. But he does one thing better than anyone else. And so far as I know, he invented it. Most filmmakers start with someone else's vision, and then make... Full review

Wonderful, beautifully acted film about lives interweaving in Los Angeles against the backdrop of an invading poisonous bug. Ensemble cast is perfect, with standout performances by Robbins and Downey Jr. Altman succeeds in bringing us a film examining the coincidence... Full review

Well, I've watched this film about seven times now, and I feel quite certain that I can add it to the list of my favorite films alongside Dr. Strangelove and The Red, White and Blue Trilogy.The casting is flawless, with... Full review

After watching this film one thing I was left with was a feeling of tremendous euphoria, a glowing feeling which lasted well into the next morning. I could not help but think that this collage of events in the lives... Full review

Robert Altman has made a three hour work of art. It revolves around 22 characters, each with their own problems, and intertwines them via various occurrences. Each character is delightfully contrived, each plot point seamless.Without spoiling anything, all that can... Full review

There's a lot of sex in the film, both wayward and faithful. The talent arrayed here is staggering, and there isn't a poorly cast character in the bunch. ... Full Review

Short Cuts is an intimate epic, but every frame of this wide-screen film -- spectacularly shot by Walt Lloyd -- is packed with revealing details. He's still bristling from the remarks of a friend of his wife's who had griped, as others will after her, that Short Cuts is "long and confusing. ... Full Review

Narratively, his films are often absurd and Short Cuts is no exception. Short Cuts dips in and out of the different lives of its characters: a waitress and a chauffeur with a drinking problem, a pool cleaning man and his phone sex hostess wife, as it tells its stories. ... Full Review

Death, or that state beyond natural color, is Short Cuts common denominator. He writes in the Short Cuts book introduction, Somebody wins the lottery. Like ketchup, Short Cuts is an example of America, bottled and beyond natural color. ... Full Review

A film review by Chris Barsanti - Copyright 2004 Filmcritic.com While one could argue that Robert Altmans 1993 film Short Cuts was simply an updating of his 1975 classic Nashville , with a much higher quotient of star power and slightly more prurient subject matter an attempt to keep the once iconic filmmaker from straying into the shadowy irrelevance like so many of his '70s peers and while that argument could very well be true, that doesnt deprive Short Cuts of any of its power, or disprove the fact th ... Full Review

Robert Altman revisited Nashville territory, and surpassed it, with this 1993 masterpiece. In his popular 1975 favorite, he told a bittersweet ensemble story set in and around a music festival, and neatly summed it up with a single tragic event... ... Full Article

Set in the bustle of Los Angeles, this star-studded Robert Altman cinematic tapestry tells the interlocking stories of a host of characters.Tapestry is precisely the right word. ... Full Article