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