but that is my understanding of lyle lovette's ouvre: so dull and flat. except his hair. he's got that kid'n'play hi top fade for the white-guy thing goin on!
― a fool committed to a VISION of SOMETHING NO ONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Jack Lemmon is the sore thumb in that cast.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, April 23, 2007 9:41 AM (ten years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is insane, his scene with Bruce Davison in the hospital telling him why he left him is the centerpiece of Short Cuts in the same way that "I'm Easy" is the centerpiece of Nashville.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 07:51 (six years ago) link
really? He just oozes falsity (the actor, not the moment).
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 15:47 (six years ago) link
Exactly!!
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
Was it Robert Altman, Matthew Modine, or Andie McDowell who ruined Short Cuts?
it was me, sry
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:28 (six years ago) link
I don't think I dislike anyone in the movie (the actors, I mean, not the largely abhorrent characters they play), it just doesn't hang together. It needed a 'hub' for the disparate threads to wind around, e.g. the Nashville music scene. And no, the deus ex earthquake doesn't count.
The Lyle Lovett arc could've been a film unto itself imo.
― Animal Bag's Greatest Hits Vol. 5 (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 16:34 (six years ago) link
ya the circuit in Nashville is smaller, it's easier to tie (almost) everyone together, in Short Cuts the constant interaction between storylines & the very astute editing achieves the same effect imo. having seen Magnolia years before Short Cuts, the impact of the earthquake was definitely dulled, but the awful CGI camera shaking more so than the device itself.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link