Film
Short Cuts
- 7PM
Robert Altman gives cinematic form to the devastating emotional elegance of Raymond Carver’s stories, traversing Los Angeles through the lives of twenty-two characters. With a cast that includes Tim Robbins, Julianne Moore, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Lemmon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, and Frances McDormand, Short Cuts is a masterclass in acting and the Platonic ideal of an interconnected ensemble drama. Altman’s meticulous eye for intimate moments shapes a film that brims with love for humanity, but won’t look away from our failures.
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