This Quarter in Film History
Wartime Precedent
Director Ridley Scott’s award-winning film ‘Black Hawk Down’ was based on a distinguished nonfiction book entitled ‘Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War’ by Mark Bowden. […]
Picture Editors
Tail Pop
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park’
If I had been asked 20 years ago whether a glass of rippling water would become one of the most iconic and recognizable images in cinematic history, I probably would’ve said, “No way.” But then again, I guess that’s not really a question you would ask an eight- year-old. […]
This Quarter in Film History
One in Eight Million
Sixty-five years after the semi-documentary film The Naked City (1948) premiered in March 1948, it still reveals much about New York City that has not changed. […]
Book Reviews
Filmmaking’s Quiet Heroes
Gabriella Oldham has made it her mission to interview picture editors and create a history. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: Teaching Montage, But Learning to Edit
After my first editing exercise, I was hooked. Editing was how dreams were made! […]
This Quarter in Film History
Mad Cowboy
There are no shortage of Huds in high places in our society today. […]
Tail Pop
Robert Redford’s ‘Ordinary People’
It was March 31, 1981. I was celebrating my second anniversary of becoming a union story analyst by watching the 53rd Academy Awards. The host was Johnny Carson and the field of films was perhaps the strongest it had been in decades. […]
Tail Pop
Joe Camp’s ‘Benji’
They say that dogs are man’s best friends. The problem is that I didn’t have a dog when I grew up in the small town of Edinburg, Texas. […]
My Most Memorable Film
Billy Weber on ‘Days of Heaven’
Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven (1978) was, and remains, a riveting film. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World
Forty years in show biz. I’m so grateful for all the good times. The bad times? They just happened and I’ve stopped trying to explain them. […]
