The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)

Directors

Wendy Apple

Cast

Alan Heim, Alexander Payne, Anne V. Coates, Anthony Minghella, Chris Columbus, Donn Cambern, Frank J. Urioste, George Lucas, Howard E. Smith, Jodie Foster, Kathy Bates, Lawrence Kasdan, Mark Goldblatt, Martin Scorsese, Michael Tronick, Paul Verhoeven, Pietro Scalia, Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Rob Cohen, Sally Menke, Sean Penn, Steven Spielberg, Tina Hirsch, Wes Craven, Zach Staenberg

The story

The documentary features interviews with 30 contemporary film editors as well as 17 other individuals, including directors, actors, and producers. Throughout these interviews, many personal stories between the directors and editors are mentioned, such as Steven Spielberg and the late Verna Fields, Quentin Tarantino and Sally Menke, Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker, and Alexander Payne and Kevin Tent, among others. The documentary also explores the history of editing techniques, bringing up pioneers of the field such as Edwin S.

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