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. […]
Film History
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. […]
Columns
David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’
Nineteen eighty-six was a particularly good movie year for me. I worked in a video store after school and on weekends, so I saw a lot them — especially horror films; the more outrageous the better. […]
Departments
PASSAGES – Frederick O. Stafford
Frederick Stafford, one of Hollywood’s best-known ADR editors, died peacefully at his Santa Paula, California home on December 23, 2017. Rita, his loving wife of 32 years, was by his side. […]
Departments
PASSAGES – Paula Greatbatch Suhy
It is with extreme sadness that I report the news that our dear friend and colleague, Paula Greatbatch Suhy, has left us. She passed away on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 — four days after her 60th birthday. […]
Departments
PASSAGES – Murray B. Jordan, ACE
Murray B. Jordan, ACE, film editor for Richard Brooks and Sam Peckinpah — and later a longtime editor and producer of the television series ‘Cops’ (1989-present) — died on July 1 in Elche, Spain. He was 81. […]
Departments
PASSAGES – Françoise Bonnot, ACE
Françoise Bonnot, ACE, the acclaimed editor of more than 50 films over six decades, died June 9 at the age of 78 in her hometown of Paris. She won an Academy Award for her work on Costa-Gavras’ 1969 masterpiece ‘Z,’ as well as a BAFTA Award for the same director’s 1982 drama ‘Missing.’ […]
Columns
Fear of a Black Planet
Over the decade leading to 1973, with the progress achieved by the civil rights movement, a greater awareness emerged in the African-American community of its own history and culture. Despite this growth of self-worth, pride and initiative giving strength to the idea of Black Power, the systemic practice of inequality and oppression of minorities continued to afflict American society. […]
Columns
Alan Meyerson on ‘The Thin Red Line’
Meyerson momentarily stopped thinking of scores like songs for one of his most personally significant projects: writer-director Terrence Malick’s World War II drama ‘The Thin Red Line,’ released by 20th Century Fox in December 1998. […]
