"For my vision of the cinema," Orson Welles once said, "editing is not simply one aspect. It is the aspect." According to Edge Codes.com, a wonderfully informative new documentary, what was true for Welles's cinema is true for the medium as a whole.
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New York PostV.A. Musetto
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Could do with a tad of editing itself. Other than that, there's nothing bad to say about this cool homage to the film world's unsung heroes: editors.
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Highly informative and likely to increase enrollment at film schools.
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Village VoiceJoshua Land
Village VoiceJoshua Land
Lively, intelligent look at the art of film editing.
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TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Alex Shuper's solid, if hyperactive, documentary uses every trick in the film editor's book to celebrate this too-often underappreciated aspect of moviemaking.