Short Cuts (1993)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.7/10   

Réalisateur:

Robert Altman

Writers (WGA):

Raymond Carver (writings)
Robert Altman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

3 octobre 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame

Accroche:

From two American masters comes a movie like no other

Plot:

The everyday lives of a number of Los Angeles residents are the subject of this loosely-knitted collection of short stories.

Plot Keywords:

Jazz | Helicopter | Fishing | Murder | Harassment

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Not one of Altman's masterpieces (in my opinion)

Ensemble

Andie MacDowell	...	Ann Finnigan
Bruce Davison	...	Howard Finnigan
Jack Lemmon	...	Paul Finnigan
Zane Cassidy	...	Casey Finnigan
Julianne Moore	...	Marian Wyman
Matthew Modine	...	Dr. Ralph Wyman
Anne Archer	...	Claire Kane
Fred Ward	...	Stuart Kane
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Lois Kaiser
Chris Penn	...	Jerry Kaiser
Joseph C. Hopkins	...	Joe Kaiser
Josette Maccario	...	Josette Kaiser
Lili Taylor	...	Honey Bush
Robert Downey Jr.	...	Bill Bush
Madeleine Stowe	...	Sherri Shepard

Autre(s) titre(s):

Les chassés-croisés (Canada: French title) (TV title) [fr]
Short Cuts (France) [fr]
Short Cuts - Les Américains (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic sexual language, and for nudity

Durée:

187 min | Argentina:190 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Stereo | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Classification:

Portugal:M/16 | Norway:15 | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:16 | Israel:PG | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Avenue Pictures Productions

Anecdotes:

Annie Ross and Lori Singer's segment is a Robert Altman invention and has no connection to anything Raymond Carver has written.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Doreen hits Casey with her car it is obvious that she doesn't even come close to him (he's at least 10 feet away when he falls).

Guillemet:

Earl Piggot: You know, I don't know who you think would wanna look at your sad,middle aged ass anymore!
Doreen Piggot: Don't talk to me like that and don't you come back here! I'm not taking you back no more understand? No more I'm not taking you back!
Earl Piggot: I'm not COMING back!
Doreen Piggot: Slobbering over Honey like that it was so embarrassing...
Earl Piggot: I never touched Honey!
Doreen Piggot: I didn't say you touched her I said you slobbered on her!

Movie Connections:

Version of Jindabyne (2006)

Soundtrack:

I'm Gonna Go Fishin

Not one of Altman's masterpieces (in my opinion)

Although it joins two expert craftsmen -- Robert Altman and the short story writer Raymond Carver -- "Short Cuts" is more of a disappointment than a success. It links together multiple stories, going back and forth between them, a familiar Altman technique. But Altman's greatest achievements were satires, and this movie is deadly serious with not many laughs. If the individual stories had been told straight-forwardly (and the length of the film drastically reduced), the several resulting films might have been pretty good -- not great; they are too thin for greatness. But the acting is excellent and the individual stories are good, forgetting the overlapping plots and cross-cutting script. The movie has been described (accurately) as a mosaic. But what makes any mosaic good or bad is the overall impression that it leaves. And the most significant impression "Short Cuts" left with me was that it was far, far too long. The empty lives of Los Angeles residents from different social classes has been told before and more pointedly. For the most part, it's hard to care about the profoundly disagreeable people who populate most, though not all, of these stories. And, clever as always in creating mosaic films, Altman did not in this case display the temperament that made other of his movies truly great. These stories belonged to other directors, not Altman, and they should not have been told in a single film.