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

Scorsese and Tarantino spill their editing secrets—and you won't believe who almost got fired for 'too many cuts.'

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film school in a bottledirector therapy sessionediting booth confessional

Overview

Documentary History

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

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woman director editing film editor

invisible artistrythe tyranny of timecollaboration vs. controlwomen behind the camera

Standout Aspects

Editing

Meta, obviously—this doc practices what it preaches.

Direction

Wendy Apple got Spielberg to actually explain his process. Unprecedented.

Best for:Solo·Streaming·Rewatch

Director

Wendy Apple

ReleasedOct 12, 2004

Runtime1h 39m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

A.C.E.

Top Cast

Kathy Bates

Narrator (voice)

Martin Scorsese

Self

Quentin Tarantino

Self

Jodie Foster

Self

Steven Spielberg

Self

James Cameron

Self

Sean Penn

Self

Wes Craven

Self

George Lucas

Self

Paul Verhoeven

Self

Zach Staenberg

Self

Michael Tronick

Self

Anthony Minghella

Self

Walter Murch

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Rob Cohen

Self

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Spielberg's "great white floating turd"

Spielberg's "great white floating turd"

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