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Short Cuts (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Tim Robbins (Actor), Jack Lemmon (Actor), Robert Altman (Director) Rated:
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Format: Blu-ray
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 258 ratings
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Genre Drama, Comedy
Format Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Downey Jr., Tim Robbins, Julianne Moore, Jack Lemmon, Robert Altman
Language English
Runtime 3 hours and 7 minutes
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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 (McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville). 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. The extraordinary ensemble cast includes Tim Robbins (The Player), Julianne Moore (Far from Heaven), Robert Downey Jr. (Chaplin), Jack Lemmon (Some Like It Hot), and Jennifer Jason Leigh (Margot at the Wedding) all giving fearless performances in what is one of Altman s most compassionate creations.

TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by cinematographer Walt Lloyd, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate 5.1 soundtrack mix, plus isolated music track
- Conversation between Altman and actor Tim Robbins from 2004
- Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country, a 1993 feature-length documentary on the making of Short Cuts
- To Write and Keep Kind, a 1992 PBS documentary on the life of author Raymond Carver
- One-hour 1983 audio interview with Carver, conducted for the American Audio Prose Library
- Original demo recordings of the film s Doc Pomus Mac Rebennack songs, performed by Dr. John
- Deleted scenes
- A look inside the marketing of Short Cuts
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Wilmington

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 42925956
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Robert Altman
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours and 7 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 18, 2016
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Tim Robbins, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore, Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01IPDSHN0
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 258 ratings

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Hande Z
5.0 out of 5 stars Life is short
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2023
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It takes a while to begin writing a review after the subject has just taken one's breath away. There are so many families, all taken from Raymond Carver's book of the same title. There are at least 25 main characters in all (including the two women at the end of the movie and Casey Finnigan). The theme of the movie is randomness and human despair. Tolstoy tells us that all unhappy families are unhappy in their own ways, yet Altman had successfully created a movie in which the individual unhappiness in each of the families portrayed are interconnected so as to form a tapestry of universal sorrow.

Some scenes are truly memorable - the movie begins with a flight of helicopters at night, looking as if they were aeroplanes with light bulbs all over. The acting can only be described as the promise of some of the best actors of our time, bearing in mind that many of them were still young at the time (1993) - Julienne Moore, Frances McDormand (before her fame in 'Fargo'), Anne Archer, and Robert Downing Jr. There are two country singers who played smaller but important characters - Lyle Lovett as Bitkower the baker whose cake was never delivered, and Danny Darst as one of the fishermen who found a dead body while fishing.

Altman (and Carver) depict the ravaging of families by infidelities, and at the same time, showing how the characters treat their acts of betrayal. Drink, poverty, and the almost meaninglessness of daily routine are snapshot throughout this long (3 hour) movie - but you'd wish it never ended.
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N. Stennett
5.0 out of 5 stars The Long & Short of It
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2013
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Based on nine stories and a poem by the late Raymond Carver, Short Cuts is a deeply realistic, broadly written, stunningly structured jazz mural of a city on the edge.

The stories, fused together so seamlessly by Altman, were conceived separately by Carver, and only one was invented for the film (a tragic duet between Annie Ross as a drunken, dying jazz singer and Lori Singer--who does her own playing--as her classical cellist daughter). Only two of the tales are in a form fairly close to Carver's. Those are the stories based on "A Small, Good Thing" (about a baker who harasses a couple who haven't picked up their son's birthday cake, unaware that the boy lies comatose after a car accident) and "So Much Water So Close to Home" (about three fishermen who won't let the discovery of a nude female corpse disrupt their fishing vacation).

Originally, there were no links among the tales, other than thematic ones--Carver's sense of modern urban isolation, the misunderstandings, petty cruelties, and sad silences. So Altman and co-adapter Frank Barhydt, Jr., made the links and found the short cuts. The ensemble is large: pool cleaners and TV commentators, waitresses and jazz singers, limo chauffeurs and conservative doctors, phone-sex specialists and cake bakers, makeup artists and fishermen. Altman and Barhydt (and editor Geraldine Peroni) concentrate entirely on transitions, leaping from one track to another, making connections between the clusters of characters (think PT Anderson's Magnolia).

Part of the greatness of the film, which is one of the triumphs of recent American film-making, lies in Short Cuts's recognition that nothing in life is ever resolved, that there are not only no happy endings, but virtually no endings at all.
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Mark C. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Short Cuts Is Not Too Long
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2014
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I haven't read much by Raymond Carver, but I think this movie succeeds on its own terms. It's beautifully shot--especially the helicopter/crop duster scenes at the beginning--and it has a stellar cast giving their best for director Robert Altman.

If you've seen other Altman movies--especially Nashville--you'll feel completely at home. The running time is 3 hours, but it doesn't seem like it. The multiple plot lines are diverse but never sprawling. The dead, drowned girl introduced at the beginning is supposed to become a symbol of death-in-life throughout the movie but that symbolism never drowns the movie.

The plot about Lori Singer as a cellist in a difficult mother-daughter relationship was a highlight of the film to me. There is one moment in the film when she embraces Andie MacDowell after MacDowell's son has died. In that embrace, Singer feels the love MacDowell has for her son that she herself has never felt from her own mother. Or at least that's how I see it.

My point is, faults notwithstanding, Short Cuts is an excellent movie about relationships and individual epiphanies. For the most part, it is uncluttered and very realistic in its avoidance of melodrama and easy resolutions to the mysteries of human behavior.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Disk had scratches and off base
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
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Something about the presentation made me feel nobody cared about the quality of disk or my movie viewing experience. It felt tossed, jostled, and I felt bamboozled. Played the disc and it works fine. Great film. My favorite by Robert Altman. Lilly and Tom are the best pair. Watch for the big LA earthquake. ♥️♥️♥️
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Timechild Canada
5.0 out of 5 stars A favourite movie of mine.
Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2019
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Terrific picture and audio quality. Just love this movie and was happy to find it in Blu-ray at long last. An outstanding Robert Altman movie. Recommend highly.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Aucun sous-titre
Reviewed in France on November 30, 2020
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Antoine Doinel
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast shipping! Great Service! A++ Highly recommended!
Reviewed in Canada on November 21, 2016
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Fast shipping! Great Service! A++ Highly recommended!
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Kai Basler
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2020
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Everything went fine, awesome movie, awesome label! Nothing else to add.
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Eric Beausejour
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on January 2, 2017
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A dream come true!
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