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Most well edited films
Posted on 6/29/11 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 6/29/11 at 10:39 pm
Just finished watching Inception again, and I have to say off the top of my head, it is one of the most well edited films ever. The editor I feel is by far the most under appreciated member of the film crew by the public at large, and without a good editor, Inception would have completely fallen apart even with the exact same script and direction. I found it flabbergasting how it was not nominated for the Oscar in editing and find it to be insulting to Lee Smith (the editor), although I think the Social Network was a very well edited film as well.
To be honest I'm drawing a blank now on films more well edited than Inception, so please add more and lets get some sort of list going.
To be honest I'm drawing a blank now on films more well edited than Inception, so please add more and lets get some sort of list going.
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Posted on 6/29/11 at 10:45 pm to OMLandshark
A friend of mine took a film class at SLU and told me that the professor showed a courtroom scene of JFK during the 'editing' lessons. The class was asked to count the shots that were pieced together and take note of the skill involved to make the scene.
Posted on 6/29/11 at 10:52 pm to OMLandshark
i don't know, but can i nominate requiem for a dream based solely on these sequences? makes me want to go get ripped
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This post was edited on 6/29/11 at 10:58 pm
Posted on 6/29/11 at 10:54 pm to ISDSTiger
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i don't know, but can i nominate requiem for a fream based solely on these sequences? makes me want to go get ripped
Yes, this is certainly one of the best edited films ever.
Posted on 6/29/11 at 10:55 pm to OMLandshark
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Most well edited films
Most well edited films do what?
Anyway...
JFK (best thing about it is the editing)
Bonnie & Clyde -- Dede Allen, who just died about a year ago, was enormously influential as an editor. The climax of B&C is probably her most famous work.
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A Hard Day's Night
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Richard Lester's two Beatles films were widely imitated and started the trend toward qucik cuts which would lead to MTV
The French Connection -- car chase
The Lady From Shanghai-- Hall of Mirrors sequence
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Anybody even remotely interested in the subject should read When The Shooting Stops The Editing Begins by Ralph Rosenbloom (it's an old book, but many libraries will have it). It's a non-technical and easy-to-read memoir by the man who became a legend in the industry for recutting an unsuccessful mess of film called Anhedonia into an Oscar-winning Best Picture titled Annie Hall.
This post was edited on 6/29/11 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 6/29/11 at 10:55 pm to OMLandshark
Edgar Wright films always seem to be perfectly cut together and paced. I know that Chris Dickens did Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, but a couple of different guys did Scott Pilgrim.
Posted on 6/29/11 at 10:59 pm to OMLandshark
When I saw the thread title, I immediately thought of Inception and Memento. Then i thought of Bronson, the shower scene in Psycho, and the dramatic chipmunk.
JFK's a very good call, and I agree with you on editors being underappreciated.
JFK's a very good call, and I agree with you on editors being underappreciated.
This post was edited on 6/29/11 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 6/29/11 at 11:02 pm to Muppet
Yes. I was going to say Edgar Wright.
Posted on 6/29/11 at 11:03 pm to Muppet
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Edgar Wright films always seem to be perfectly cut together and paced. I know that Chris Dickens did Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, but a couple of different guys did Scott Pilgrim.
Edgar Wright really kinda reinvented it, and he did it awesomely.
Posted on 6/30/11 at 12:11 am to OMLandshark
Hitchcock was an amazing editor. He very rarely had wasted film. When it got to the editing block it was typically very very close to the final film he wanted to put out. GOAT.
Posted on 6/30/11 at 12:36 am to OMLandshark
American History X is the greatest edited film of all time.
Posted on 6/30/11 at 1:32 am to Roaad
I'm not really attuned to what is good editing, but when i came out of scott pilgrim i felt that it deserved a nomination
Posted on 6/30/11 at 2:14 am to drewhowie
We studied The Natural in film school. It illustrates the use of close-ups and quick cuts in creating tension and a grand scale atmosphere.
The final scene really only had like 30 people in the stands.
The final scene really only had like 30 people in the stands.
Posted on 6/30/11 at 8:21 am to Zamoro10
Edgar Wright films tend to be very well edited.
Posted on 6/30/11 at 8:55 am to OMLandshark
Certainly no expert here, but the first thing that popped into my head was the first 15 minutes of Saving Private Ryan.
Posted on 6/30/11 at 10:42 am to OMLandshark
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Most well edited films
To me, without knowing what was cut out, it's hard to evaluate the quality of the editing job. Sure you have the final product that is the released film but who is to say that there wasn't footage removed that would have added to the experience?
Posted on 6/30/11 at 10:43 am to OMLandshark
Throne of Blood
Posted on 6/30/11 at 10:46 am to Freauxzen
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