Features
An Age of Transition and Turmoil: Editors Guild History 1965-75
During the span of time between 1965 and 1975, the West Coast Editors Guild, Local 776, saw technological and social […]
Month: July 2012
Union Made
UNION MADE: How I Got to Determine What Movies Get Made
We “cover” mostly screenplays, but also novels (some pre-publication), newspaper and magazine articles, plays — any potential source for a good story or lead character. We evaluate old movies for their potential as contemporary remakes, and foreign movies as possible American remakes. […]
Features
Longtime Assistants: The Heart and Soul of the Editing Room
Let’s hear it for the longtime assistant for enabling the editor to keep story as the primary focus. Assistant editors are the foundation of the editing room — organizing, interfacing and problem- solving. […]
Tail Pop
Peter Bogdanovich’s ‘Paper Moon’
When I was growing up in the 1970s, there were at least two cinemas in my town that used to play double features in the old tradition. […]
Features
Writing with the Camera, Directing with the Moviola: The American Film Editing Revolution of the Late ’60s & ’70s
A change in movie storytelling and editing was already under way when French film critic and soon-to-be film director Alexandre Astruc wrote these words in an article in the magazine Écran Français in 1948. […]
Book Reviews
Anaglyph for the Amateur: Do Try This at Home!
3D film production based in the home moviemaking tradition is explored and explodes in Ray Zone’s new book, ‘3-DIY: Stereoscopic Moviemaking on an Indie Budget’. […]
Features
Darrin Navarro, CineLinguist: ‘Killer Joe’ Editor Is Influenced by Precedents
Darrin Navarro came to editing via a familiar path: An interest in movies led him to film classes at Los Angeles City College. Within a week or two of seeing what could be done by manipulating the choice of moving images, he knew this was the job for him. […]
Book Reviews
Redefining a Cinematic Art
Any film buff will enjoy this tome, but it will be a particular delight for editors to read these war stories from top professionals in the field. […]
Features
Spider-Man’s Sonic Stratagem: Sound Editors Shannon Mills and Addison Teague Have Spidey Sense
The prevailing wisdom within Hollywood seems to be that a successful franchise needs a fresh start every few years to ensure a contemporary perspective and, hence, appeal to a newer generation of filmgoers for whom previous versions may seem passé. […]
This Quarter in Film History
The Last Summer of Innocence
Where were you in ’62?” was the tagline for American Graffiti when it was released 39 years ago, in August 1973. […]
