Letters to the Editor
Moviolas Memories, Snapshot of the Past and more…
Letters from our readers regarding the ‘Moviola Mavens’, 1930’s editing, and documentary editing.
Year: 2006
Tail Pop
Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
This was unlike any movie I had ever seen. The movie unfolded with a slow, measured pace, revealing image after gorgeous image.
Union Made
UNION MADE: Networking Sure Beats Not Working
This whole career is a prime example of how important relationships and networking can be in our line of work.
Features
Blue, Gray and Read All Over: Jay Wertz and ‘The Civil War Experience’
Jay Wertz has created a lavish and richly detailed combination of words and pictures exploring every major event of what has often been called the first modern war.
Tail Pop
A Thousand Clowns (1966)
Clowns is a hilarious, startling mix of stage-bound dialogue scenes and wildly inventive montages scored by marches, Dixieland jazz and, occasionally, Jason Robards strumming a ukulele.
Features
Editor & Cinematographer: Steve Mirkovich and Allen Daviau (Part 1)
Steve Mirkovich and Allen Daviau talk about problems with previews and video dailies, the longevity of 35mm film, changes in editorial styles and more.
Union Made
I Married an Editor’s Daughter…
I met Sandy, my future wife there and we soon married. She was a film editor’s daughter––but I had no idea how that would change my life…
Features
Pushing the Envelope…Please: Early Editing Oscar Winning Trailblazers
Many of the first individuals who won Academy Awards in the picture editing and sound categories were pioneers in their respective fields.
Features
The Moviola Mavens: Three Pioneering Women Editors
During the Golden Age of Hollywood, Louis B. Mayer, Darryl F. Zanuck and Cecil B. De Mille were powerful enough to determine who would work in the American film industry.
Book Reviews
Making the Scene: A Backward Look at Filmmaking
Richard Pepperman examines the “great choices” that produce a great scene.
