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List Price: $39.95 Our Price: $29.99 You Save: $9.96 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Special Edition • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 03 October, 1993 DVD Release : 16 November, 2004 |
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Short Cuts - Criterion Collection description If aliens came down to earth to see if humanity was worth saving, showing them Short Cuts, Robert Altman's bluesy riff on life in L.A. in the '90s, would not be a good idea. Based on the stories of Raymond Carver (adapted by Altman and Frank Barhydt), this ambitious film is a devilish valentine to living in L.A., where happiness comes at a premium. There are at least eight separate stories that crisscross, most about people who choose not to relate to the lives they are living. Seemingly by design, none of the stories (nor the performances for that matter) have more impact than the others--this is a true mosaic film. The most representative plot deals with a group of friends (Buck Henry, Fred Ward, and Huey Lewis) who decide to keep fishing even after discovering a body in the river. The story works as a morose comedy and a flag holder for the movie: the inability to take the correct action. Others would rather talk about seeing Alex Trebek than discuss their faltering relationships. A huge and talented cast twists in the wind, bumping into moments of truth, sex, and passion. Some even come out all right in the end. The accidental nature of life--a common theme in many Altman films--has never been so maddeningly persistent, or absorbing. The score by Mark Isham with songs sung by Annie Ross (also a cast member) fuels the moodiness, as does the opening number in which Medfly helicopters spray the town to the tune "Prisoner of Life." Delivering the film a year after his biggest hit in two decades, The Player, Altman proved his artistic tenacity as an aged artist with the heart of a new filmmaker: he's not afraid of risking it all. --Doug Thomas |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Altman and the Gang |
| Robert Altman once again proves to be a virtuoso at directing a large cast of actors in an interlocking series of stories written by Raymond Carver. Too many great performances here to mention them all - Annie Ross is fantastic as the declining jazz singer, Lily Tomlin and Tom Waits are a riot as a funny but dysfunctional couple, and Tim Robbins is great as the philandering cop with a secret heart of gold. Short Cuts is over three hours long, but never lets up with its intricate plotting and superb action. A must see. | |
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