265 - Short Cuts

[captainofbeef]

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES:

DISC ONE
- New, restored high definition digital transfer, supervised by editor Geraldine Peroni and approved by director Robert Altman
- Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack mix
- Isolated music track
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired

DISC TWO
- New videotaped conversation between Robert Altman and Tim Robbins
- Luck, Trust, and Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country, a featured-length documentary on the making of Short Cuts
- To Write and Keep Kind, a PBS documentary on the life of Raymond Carver
- A segment from BBC television’s Moving Pictures tracing the development of the screenplay
- One-hour 1983 audio interview with Carver, conducted for the American Audio Prose Library
- Original demo recording of the Doc Pomus-Mac Rebennack songs, performed by Dr. John
- Deleted scenes
- A look inside the marketing of Short Cuts
PLUS
- Short Cuts, the companion book of Raymond Carver short Stories, reprinted exclusively for this release by arrangements with Vintage Books
- An Essay by film critic Michael Wilmington

[criterionmaster]

This is just an amazing Altman film. It is very much like Magnolia, I do think Magnolia is alittle better than this but this is still one of the best films ever made. Easily one of the best casts ever asembled. Still need to read the book that came in this awesome package.