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Doug Soesbe on ‘Meet the Parents’
‘Meet the Parents’ began life as a low-budget 1992 film of the same title. Through the years, assorted A-list directors flirted with the project without proceeding. […]
Articles by Peter Tonguette
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Jon Johnson on ‘Breakdown’
You might call Jonathan Mostow’s action thriller ‘Breakdown’ a cautionary road movie. The 1997 Paramount Pictures release centers on a car trip that takes an unexpected detour. […]
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Stephanie Lowry on ‘61*’
Even if she was not a lifelong fan of the New York Yankees, music editor Stephanie Lowry would have been proud of having worked on the made-for-television movie ’61*.’ […]
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John Bloom on ‘Who’ll Stop the Rain?’
In the early 1960s, when he first met director Karel Reisz, editor John Bloom already knew his way around a cutting room. By then, the London-born editor had risen through the ranks as an assistant editor to cut several films solo. […]
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‘Wonder’ Woman
Over the past two decades, editor Alisa Lepselter, ACE, has worked on a range of films. Her credits include a caper set in the cookie business, a farce focused on a filmmaker afflicted with blindness, and a crime story populated by England’s upper classes. […]
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Deconstructing Woody
The year was 1976. The place was the New York brownstone of editor Ralph Rosenblum, ACE. And the film was Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, released the following year to wide acclaim and four Oscar wins. One day after work, Allen and Susan E. Morse, ACE — later his main editor, then an assistant editor — found themselves leaving the cutting room at about the same time. […]
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Tom Foligno on ‘The Aviator’
In 2004, after spending a decade working with Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE, assistant editor Tom Foligno finally got his first chance to be an editor. It wasn’t in the cutting room, however, but on the big screen. […]
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Catherine Harper on ‘Lost Highway’
Foley artist Catherine Harper, MPSE, remembers the first time she encountered filmmaker David Lynch. In 1996, she was about to start creating Foley sounds for Lynch’s upcoming film, ‘Lost Highway.’ […]
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Mark Wilkins on ‘The Exorcist’ Series
Colorist Mark Wilkins has a message for audiences: Think twice before believing everything you see on TV. […]
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Charles Ciup on ‘Hairspray Live!’
As the technical director of “Hairspray Live!,” Charles Ciup was at the helm of a switcher to alternate between the angles of the show’s 19 cameras, and in charge of cutting to a close-up or a wide shot at just the right moment. […]
