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focus on robert altman & raymond carver

Short Cuts

How an auteur director raised the bar for literary adaptations and inspired a renewed appreciation of American short-story master Raymond Carver.

Thu 24 August - Sun 3 September 2006
Full $13, Concession $10
Six Session Pass: Full $60 Concession $48

Presented in association with the The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival.
Curated by Roberta Ciabarra.

luck, trust & ketchup Go behind-the-scenes during production of Robert Altman's landmark film Short Cuts.

carver choice cuts An international program of short films - from the U.K., Croatia and France - adapted from stories by Raymond Carver.

short cuts Robert Altman's masterful film adaptation of multiple stories by Raymond Carver.

mccabe & mrs miller On its release Pauline Kael pronounced McCabe & Mrs Miller "a modern classic" - a mantle that Altman's melancholy, revisionist western wears well.

the long goodbye Elliott Gould redefines the screen private eye in Altman's revisionist film noir.

fool for love Altman directs Sam Shepard and Kim Basinger, in this bittersweet tale of love gone awry.

images Susannah York stars in Altman's rarely seen psychological erotic thriller. Imported print.

m*a*s*h Elliott Gould & Donald Sutherland as the original Hawkeye & Trapper in Altman's audaciously irreverent black comedy.

the player Altman 'does' Hollywood. Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi and more cameos than you can count!

popeye Robin Williams as 'Popeye the Sailor Man' & Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.

in conversation with robert altman + thieves like us A very special 'conversation' with director Robert Altman. Follows screening of Thieves Like Us.

thieves like us Keith Carradine and Shelley Duvall as star-crossed lovers in Altman's rollicking Depression era drama.

so much carver so close to home 20th Anniversary screening of Feathers + Q&A with John Ruanea, Ken Sallows & Age columnist Jane Sullivan.

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