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Month: January 2008

This Quarter in Film History

This Quarter in Film History: Prêt-à-PORTER

January 1, 2008
Though not well known, Edwin S. Porter should be regarded as the father of film editing because the basic principles of the craft did not exist before he directed and edited ‘The Life of an American Fireman’.

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