Book Reviews
The History of Docs
Perhaps more than any other genre, editing plays a crucial role in documentary storytelling and shaping of the narrative. […]
Film History
Tail Pop
Orson Welles’ ‘Citizen Kane’ (1941)
I was thunderstruck. From the opening sequence, with Kane breathing, ‘Rosebud’ on his deathbed, to the final revelation of what that word meant, I was in its thrall. […]
This Quarter in Film History
Museum of ‘Intolerance’
By juxtaposing the four ancient and modern eras, Griffith replicated the synapses of the brain that can connect nonlinear information. […]
Tail Pop
David Lean’s ‘LAWRENCE OF ARABIA’ (1962)
‘Lawrence of Arabia’ resonated far more deeply than anything I had seen to that point. […]
Tail Pop
Terry Gilliam’s ‘Brazil’ (1985)
I remembered how the same footage in Brazil was used to portray extreme opposites of emotion, and realized I too could manipulate the footage shot in Reality to better reflect the story we needed to tell. […]
Columns
Take a Ride to the Jersey Side
While New York offers a 15 percent tax credit to qualifying productions, New Jersey tops it with a 20 percent tax credit. […]
Book Reviews
Attack of the Killer Bs
Da Capo has given us ‘The B List’ with film critics’ picks and observations about “low-budget beauties, genre-bending mavericks and cult classics.” […]
Book Reviews
Film Editing: The Art of the Expressive
‘Film Editing: The Art of the Expressive’ by Valerie Orpen is a highly theoretical examination of editing as an essential but greatly misunderstood aspect of motion picture production. […]
This Quarter in Film History
A ‘Lion’ For All Seasons
‘The Lion in Winter’ is probably one of the few perennially popular films from 1968. […]
Tail Pop
Jacques Tati’s ‘Playtime’
Comedy, as they say, is all in the timing. Therefore, a comic’s best friend has got to be the film editor. But how does one become a good comedy editor? First, I believe, a person must have a natural instinct for what’s funny. […]
