Short Cuts
“Short Cuts raises the roof on America.”
DramaComedy
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.
VIBE
A sprawling, melancholic tapestry of interconnected lives in Los Angeles. It feels like eavesdropping on strangers, a poignant, unsettling look at everyday struggles and quiet desperation. The city hums with a restless, jazz-infused energy.
melancholicwryunsettlingpoignantsteadyensemble dramaslice-of-lifecharacter studynaturalisticdisconnectionfatelossurban alienation
suicidehelicoptercheatingloss of loved onefishingjazz singer or musicianmodern societycellistearthquakelos angelescaliforniahit by a carmultiple storylines
