Short Cuts (1993)
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Cast: Julianne Moore, Jack Lemmon, Robert Downey, Jr., Tim Robbins, Chris Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Madeleine Stowe, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Lili Taylor, Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, Lori Singer, Huey Lewis, Annie Ross, Lyle Lovett
Short Cuts is a 1993 American comedy-drama film, directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. The film has a Los Angeles setting, which is substituted for the Pacific Northwest backdrop of Carver's stories. Short Cuts traces the actions of 22 principal characters, both in parallel and at occasional loose points of connection. The role of chance and luck is central to the film, and many of the stories concern death and infidelity.