Directed by:
Wendy AppleCinematography:
John BaileyComposer:
Nic. tenBroekCast:
Kathy Bates, Rob Cohen, Chris Columbus, Wes Craven, Jodie Foster, James Cameron, Mark Goldblatt, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, Anthony Minghella (more)Plots(1)
How do film editors work this kind of magic? This fascinating program lets you in on the secrets. "What makes a movie a movie is the editing," says Zach Staenberg, editor of the Matrix trilogy. Closeups, flashbacks, parallel action, slow motion, juxtaposition of images - these are just a few tools that make clips from Birth of a Nation to Pulp Fiction, The Battleship Potemkin to Gladiator indelible. Narrated by Kathy Bates and with interviews of a who's who of contemporary directors and editors, The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing is, shot for shot and frame after frame, reel magic. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Kathy Bates
USA
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Misery (1990)
High Stakes (1989)
Rob Cohen
USA
Best movies:
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
Vanishing Son (1994) (TV movie)
Chris Columbus
USA
Best movies:
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Rent (2005)
Wes Craven
USA
Best movies:
Scream (1996)
Paris, I Love You (2006)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Jodie Foster
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Maverick (1994)
Taxi Driver (1976)
James Cameron
Canada
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
The Muse (1999)
Lawrence Kasdan
USA
Best movies:
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Silverado (1985)
I Love You to Death (1990)
George Lucas
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Men in Black (1997)
Anthony Minghella
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
Alexander Payne
USA
Best movies:
Paris, I Love You (2006)
Sean Penn
USA
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Persepolis (2007)
Martin Scorsese
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Ridley Scott
UK
Steven Spielberg
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video compilation)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Jaws (1975)
Quentin Tarantino
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Django Unchained (2012)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Paul Verhoeven
Netherlands
Tina Hirsch
USA
Sally Menke
USA
Pietro Scalia
Italy
Best movies:
Incident at Loch Ness (2004)