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Short Cuts

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Short Cuts Information
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Short Cuts is a 1993 film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. Substituting a Los Angeles setting for the Pacific Northwest backdrop of...


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Denver Rocky Mountain News
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08/26/1998: 352 words, approx. 1 pages
Denver Rocky Mountain News 08-26-1998 SHORT CUTS Shop smart The Boulder Apparel Corp., 2108 55th St., Boulder, 444-3390, manufactures logo sportswear for resorts, colleges and sports teams. Thursday through Saturday, it's having a warehouse sale to get rid...
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New Jail Visitor Dress Code: Bras a Must
10/16/2006: 325 words, approx. 1 pages
Revealing tops are out and bras are now a must for women visiting prisoners at the Vanderburgh County Jail. Jail officials imposed a new dress code policy after several incidents in which women visiting the jail exposed themselves to male prisoners. ...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Jonathan Romney
3,236 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following essay, Romney discusses the daredevil nature of Altman's career, including his approach to Short Cuts.
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Critical Review by Michael Wood
2,492 words, approx. 8 pages
In the following review, Wood shows how the stories Altman presents in Short Cuts differ from the Raymond Carver stories on which the film is based.
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Critical Review by Tom Shone
1,083 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review, Shone discusses the relationship between Raymond Carver's short stories and Altman's adaptation of them in his film Short Cuts, and asserts that "the union of writer and director is occasionally rocky, may in some cases have needed a little more guidance, but it has a weathered solidity."


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