Cinematic background from Short Cuts 1993 - 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.

Short Cuts

1993

Comedy, Drama

Directors:
Robert Altman
Writers:
Raymond Carver, Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt
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Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman and a young boy in front of a staircase; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person with long brown hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman standing in front of an easel in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A group of people sitting in a room smoking cigarettes; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man and a woman looking at one another; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A police officer standing next to a police car; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a bra; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman holding a microphone while standing in front of a double bass; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man and a woman painting in an art studio; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman holding a hair dryer in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man in a police officer's uniform with sunglasses on; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – An older man wearing a white hat and a striped jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A sign that reads , " medfly quarantined " in a foreign language; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – An older woman is singing into a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman playing a cello in a room with paintings on the walls; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man wearing a chef's hat looking sad; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person with a surprised look on their face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman's face in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman standing in front of a painting in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person with long dark hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person holding a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – Two women are painting in an art studio; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A car parked in front of a garage at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman holding a violin in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of an easel; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A sign that is on a pole in the grass; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – An older woman is singing in front of an audience; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman is painting a picture on a easel; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman is painting a picture of a woman; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man standing on the front steps of a house at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman in a white dress is on a bed; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman singing into a microphone on a stage; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – An older woman is singing into a microphone; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman with red hair is singing into a microphone; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – An older woman singing into a microphone while a man watches; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman singing into a microphone in front of a group of people; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman singing into a microphone in front of a band; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman with long blonde hair is playing a cello; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman standing in front of a bar holding a guitar; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man and a woman standing in front of chairs in a room; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman smoking a cigarette while lying in a bed; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a purple shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – An old television with a picture of a man on it; Extreme Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman is holding a phone up to her ear; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man and a woman looking at each other through a window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A group of people sitting in a room playing musical instruments; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man sitting at a table in front of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A police officer drinking from a cup while wearing headphones; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person holding a cigarette in their hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A group of people sitting in chairs with instruments; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman standing next to a stove in a kitchen; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A room filled with chairs and a woman standing in front of a door; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person with a cigarette in his mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man laying in a bed with a lit candle in his mouth; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – An older man wearing a white hat and a white suit; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a white t - shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – An older woman with red hair is holding a microphone; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man and a woman in a kitchen talking to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a dress; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A bunch of faces that are on a wall; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman with long blonde hair and red nails; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – Two people talking to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man wearing sunglasses and a police uniform; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman is playing a cello in front of a crowd; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man and a woman are looking at one another; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman sitting next to a child at a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person sitting in front of an easel in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A police officer putting on a helmet and sunglasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A house that is lit up at night time; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman holding a cello while playing a violin in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a chef's hat; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person with a towel around his neck; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man and a woman talking to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman with a clown make - up sitting in the back seat of a pink car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman standing in a room with her arms crossed; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman smoking a cigarette in front of a man; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a suit and glasses; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man sitting at a table with another man sitting next to him; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man wearing a hat and sunglasses talking to another man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man and a woman sitting at a table in a restaurant; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A person wearing a suit and sunglasses; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A man with a green wig is sitting in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A group of people on a stage playing musical instruments; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman sitting at a table with a cigarette in her hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman wearing a robe in a living room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – An older man in a white shirt and striped shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A woman sitting at a table with a glass of beer; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Short Cuts” (1993), directed by Robert Altman – A police officer holding a small dog while two other people look on; Medium shot, Low angle