Skilled editing is as effective in the creation of a good film as a writer, director, or performer. Though often overlooked, editing brings shots together to make a whole greater than the sum of its parts. These ten movies are a fantastic illustration of just how important editing can be.
THE LIST
City of God
Director: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Editor: Daniel RezendeBonnie and Clyde
Director: Arthur Penn
Editor: Dede AllenNorth By Northwest:
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Editor: George TomasiniThe Godfather
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Editor: William Reynolds, Peter ZinnerBattleship Potemkin
Director: S.M. Eisenstein
Editor: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori AleksandrovPsycho
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Editor: George TomasiniUn Chien Andalou
Director: Louis Bunuel
Editor: Luis BuñuelApocalypse Now
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Editor: Lisa Fruchtman, Gerald B. Greenberg, Walter Murch2001: A Space Odyssey
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Editor: Ray LovejoyLawrence of Arabia
Director: David Lean
Editor: Anne V. Coates
(via CineFix)
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