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Passages – David Arnold

David Arnold passed away peacefully in his sleep after a six-year battle with a traumatic brain injury from a motorcycle accident. He was 59 and is survived by his loving wife Kathy, children Edward and Kaitlyn, mother Roberta, sister and brother-in-law Georgette and Daniel Lavery, sister Laura, and nieces and nephews. […]

Columns

Tommy Vicari on ‘Road to Perdition’

You might say that Tommy Vicari, CAS, is the beneficiary of good timing. A few years after director Sam Mendes and composer Thomas Newman were the toast of the film world for the Academy Award-winning American Beauty (1999), Vicari was asked to serve as scoring mixer on their follow-up film, Road to Perdition (2002). […]

Contractual Obligations

The Importance of Enforcement

As part of the IATSE union, the Editors Guild is fortunate to have plentiful resources to offer many benefits for our membership. These include training, seminars, mixers and screenings, to name a few. […]

Book Reviews

When the Film Industry Joined the Gig Economy

Virtually every working editor understands that the job is defined as labor as well as creation, craft and, sometimes, art. The Motion Picture Editors Guild ensures that this labor is recognized with credits, respected within the industry and compensated fairly, and ensures that members are not abused by employers nor left destitute in old age. […]

Columns

Elia Kazan’s ‘East of Eden’

I grew up at the movies. I lived in a neighborhood where most of the children were younger than I was, and therefore I had few friends my own age. I spent my time reading and going to the movies. These pursuits were my companions. […]

Columns

There’s More Than a Riot Going On!

Prisons are not visually attractive. That may be why prison movies were not a significant genre during the silent era. But after the introduction of talking pictures and as sound technology was refined, the 1930s saw the studios turn out over 60 movies set in penitentiaries. […]