Features
Wild Was ‘The Wind’
Few directors were more familiar with the pleasures and perils of film editing than Orson Welles. […]
Film History
Awards
Lee Dichter: Meticulous Mixer, Maestro, Magician, Mensch
When Lee Dichter, CAS, was informed that he would receive the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s 2018 Fellowship and Service Award, it did not take long for the veteran sound re-recording mixer to accept. […]
Special Section
LEE DICHTER, CAS Re-Recording Mixing Credits
2017 Wonder Wheel 2016 Café Society 2015 Everything Is Copy (Documentary) Irrational Man 2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones Rosewater […]
Features
Inheritors of ‘The Wind’:
Murawski and Segal Finish Welles’ Final Film
Orson Welles was looking forward to editing ‘The Other Side of the Wind.’ In 1970, before he had even begun shooting what became his now-fabled unfinished (until this year) film, Welles discussed his post-production plans in a conversation with his friend, actor-director-writer Peter Bogdanovich. […]
Columns
Jan Yarbrough on ‘The Godfather’ Restoration
Millions may have seen ‘The Godfather,’ but, during its initial release, colorist Jan Yarbrough was not among them. Three decades after its release, however, he was given the opportunity to study the film more closely than any mere audience member. […]
Columns
Nancy Parker on ‘Kickboxer’
As a Foley artist, Nancy Parker, MPSE, is tasked with creating the sounds of major life events for characters on-screen. “I go to work and I may perform open-heart surgery, or I may saddle, bridle and ride a horse,” she says. […]
Columns
More Than Just Another Fine Mess
Kurt Vonnegut dedicated his 1976 novel ‘Slapstick’ “to the memory of Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Norvell Hardy” — better known as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. In the novel’s prologue, the author explains, “I have called it Slapstick because it is grotesque, situational poetry, like the slapstick film comedies, especially those of Laurel and Hardy… […]
Columns
Maya Deren’s ‘Meshes of the Afternoon’
One afternoon, they showed Maya Deren’s ‘Meshes of the Afternoon’ (1943), and it amazed me! It’s a short film directed by wife-and-husband team Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid. […]
Book Reviews
Wham, Bam, Panoram:
The Forerunner of Today’s Music Videos
During its heyday from 1940 to 1946, hundreds of Soundie reels, each holding eight films, were circulated to roughly 3,500 Panorams located throughout the United States. […]
Book Reviews
Editors: Do You Know Your Fabula from Your Syuzhet?
Post-production professionals are regularly asked why they select specific picture cuts or sound transitions. Those with successful careers know how to discuss, and sometimes defend, their choices in language that producers and directors understand quickly. […]
