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Short Cuts

1993 · 188 min

A sprawling, mosaic-like portrait of interconnected lives, blending humor and tragedy with a detached, observant eye.

Tagline
From two American masters comes a movie like no other
Overview
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • death
  • betrayal
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Robert Altman
Written by
Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt
Starring
Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Tim Robbins, Julianne Moore, Tom Waits, Lily Tomlin, Fred Ward
Music
Mark Isham
Cinematography
Walt Lloyd
Runtime
188 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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