Short Cuts: The Screenplay
Short Cuts: The Screenplay
Overview
The forthcoming Robert Altman film, Shortcuts , has already generated a good deal of publicity, and more is sure to follow with the movie's nationwide release. The nine stories and one prose poem upon which the film is based, gathered from Where I'm Calling From and several other Carver books for this Vintage edition, by themselves can make a case for Carver's greatness. His characters here are typically inarticulate, unwilling or incapable of taking control of lives mired in regret and tawdriness, yet under the Carver touch these lower- and middle-class Americans grope and lurch toward an expression of sorts that betrays a tragic self-knowledge. In "So Much Water So Close to Home," a wife's marital unhappiness is vague and unacknowledged until her husband, on a weekend fishing trip with the guys, admits to discovering a woman's naked body dead in a river, and leaving it there, unwilling to disturb the sporting bliss for someone past helping. In "Jerry and Molly and Sam," a philandering husband, overwhelmed by yelping kids and the family dog, abandons the pet, only to have his efforts to reclaim the dog rejected by the dog itself. Those who read the stories before seeing Altman's film may want to consult the screenplay to see just what happened to the stories, for Altman and Barhydt take enormous liberties in order to weave the stories into a cinematic form. For example, the woman in the story "Vitamins," who sells nutritional supplements door to door, is transformed into a home phone-sex worker in the film. Regardless of the movie's reception, film students and aspiring screenwriters will be eager for both the Vintage collection and the screenplay to understand the Altman structure. For readers and filmgoers who are left wanting to know more about Carver, Remembering Ray (edited by Stull, a professor of rhetoric at the University of Hartford and his wife, Carroll, an attorney) will fit the bill. Not a biography in the conventional sense, this collection presents 40 reminiscences--by Joyce Carol Oates, Jay McInerney, Jane Kenyon, Ted Solotaroff, Robert Coles, Tobias Wolff and Hayden Carruth, among others--of a clearly most-beloved man, whose generosity to fellow writers, neighbors and others is almost legendary. Together, these three volumes testify to the enduring, and still productive legacy of a brilliant American artist.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.Description
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Overview
The forthcoming Robert Altman film, Shortcuts , has already generated a good deal of publicity, and more is sure to follow with the movie's nationwide release. The nine stories and one prose poem upon which the film is based, gathered from Where I'm Calling From and several other Carver books for this Vintage edition, by themselves can make a case for Carver's greatness. His characters here are typically inarticulate, unwilling or incapable of taking control of lives mired in regret and tawdriness, yet under the Carver touch these lower- and middle-class Americans grope and lurch toward an expression of sorts that betrays a tragic self-knowledge. In "So Much Water So Close to Home," a wife's marital unhappiness is vague and unacknowledged until her husband, on a weekend fishing trip with the guys, admits to discovering a woman's naked body dead in a river, and leaving it there, unwilling to disturb the sporting bliss for someone past helping. In "Jerry and Molly and Sam," a philandering husband, overwhelmed by yelping kids and the family dog, abandons the pet, only to have his efforts to reclaim the dog rejected by the dog itself. Those who read the stories before seeing Altman's film may want to consult the screenplay to see just what happened to the stories, for Altman and Barhydt take enormous liberties in order to weave the stories into a cinematic form. For example, the woman in the story "Vitamins," who sells nutritional supplements door to door, is transformed into a home phone-sex worker in the film. Regardless of the movie's reception, film students and aspiring screenwriters will be eager for both the Vintage collection and the screenplay to understand the Altman structure. For readers and filmgoers who are left wanting to know more about Carver, Remembering Ray (edited by Stull, a professor of rhetoric at the University of Hartford and his wife, Carroll, an attorney) will fit the bill. Not a biography in the conventional sense, this collection presents 40 reminiscences--by Joyce Carol Oates, Jay McInerney, Jane Kenyon, Ted Solotaroff, Robert Coles, Tobias Wolff and Hayden Carruth, among others--of a clearly most-beloved man, whose generosity to fellow writers, neighbors and others is almost legendary. Together, these three volumes testify to the enduring, and still productive legacy of a brilliant American artist.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.Description
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- Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.
- Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable.
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Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.
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- Downloadable software products
- Some health and personal care items
To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)
- Book with obvious signs of use
- CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
- Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
- Any item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery
Items returned to us as a result of our error will receive a full refund,some returns may be subject to a restocking fee of 7% of the total item price, please contact a customer care team member to see if your return is subject. Returns that arrived on time and were as described are subject to a restocking fee.
Items returned to us that were not the result of our error, including items returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address, will be refunded the original item price less our standard restocking fees.
If the item is returned to us for any of the following reasons, a 15% restocking fee will be applied to your refund total and you will be asked to pay for return shipping:
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- Item(s) returned to us that were not a result of our error.
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and details about the product you would like to return. We will respond quickly with instructions for how to return items from your order.
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We'll pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.). In other cases, you will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.
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If you are shipping an item over $75, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We don’t guarantee that we will receive your returned item.
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