Country: USA
Year: 1993
Duration: 99'
A detailed look into the process of filming of Robert Altman's masterpiece Short Cuts (1993). The great ensemble cast composed of 22 actors (among them, Andie MacDowell, Jack Lemmon, Julianne Moore, Matthew Modine, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Frances McDormand, Peter Gallagher), Raymond Carver's widow, few members of the crew and Altman himself share the glorious experience of working in this dream epic project, revealing positive insights about Altman and his work and also on the Carver's writings that inspired the film. A lot more than just behind the scenes; the documentary exposes a lot about the power of cinema and the power of storytelling.
Biography
film director
Mike Kaplan
(Usa) is a producer, director, actor, poster designer, marketing strategist, and unexpected songwriter. He has been a close associate to many visionary filmmakers including Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman (for Short Cuts, 1993), Hal Ashby, Lindsay Anderson (for The Whale of August, 1987), Mike Hodges, Alan Rudolph, Abraham Polonsky, and Paul Thomas Anderson. He directed three documentaries: Ann Sothern: The Sharpest Girl in Town (1999), Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1996), and Never Apologize (2007), a Malcolm McDowell’s one man show which was selected in Cannes. A collector of vintage movie posters, he has curated exhibits from his collection. After 54 years, A Garden of Personal Mirrors, the single he wrote at Kubrick's request for 2001: A Space Odissey, was released and has sold out in its limited edition vinyl release.
FILMOGRAFIA
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (coregia John Door, doc., 1993), Anne Sothern: The Sharpest Girl in Town (doc., 1999), Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson (doc., 2007).
John Dorr
(Lancaster, USA, 1944 - Los Angeles, USA, 1993) writer, producer and director, he was the founder in 1979 of EZTV, a Los Angeles and community-based, artist-run organization, a focal point of the independent video revolution.
FILMOGRAFIA
Sudzall Does It All! (1979), The Case of the Missing Consciousness (1980), Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place (1982), Approaching Omega (1983), Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (coregia Mike Kaplan, doc, 1993).
Declaration
film director
“When we were making Short Cuts – and I had spent a long time trying to get the finances, which I wasn’t totally successful in doing – he asked me to do double-duty again as associate producer and marketing strategist. I said I would, but only if I could make a documentary about the film. I knew the merging of Altman and Raymond Carver would make a major mosaic and it would be the first look at Bob’s filming process. It became Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country, on which I partnered with the late John Dorr, the founder of EZTV.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS: John Dorr, Mike E. Kaplan. John Dorr. FILM EDITING: Michael J. Masucci. PRODUCTION: EZTV.
