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Title: Cut to the Chase: Forty-Five Years of Editing America's Favourite Movies by Sam O'Steen, Bobbie O'Steen ISBN: 0-941188-37-X Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Pub. Date: February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A compelling mix of a master at work and celebrity intriques
Comment: This book documents the creative evolution of the editor's role in Hollywood. Sam and Bobbie O'Steen weave a fascinating tale of how Sam worked his way from messenger at Warner Bros. to 'a pair of hands cutter' to master artist crafting the most amazing films that emerged after the fall of the studio system: "Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf", "Catch 22","Carnal Knowledge", "Chinatown". He worked with the top artists of his time and shares many unique and special anecdotes about them. Along the way he gives us insight into a master editor at work, writing about the choices and changes that can make a good film, great. A great addition to film fan or film students library.
Rating: 5
Summary: Required Reading
Comment: Sam and Bobbie O'Steen have given us an exceptional mix of Sam's takes on all the elements that go into movie making - human, technical, personalities, talent/no talent and gossip - in a way that made me feel as though I was in a living room listening to Sam O'Steen tell stories. What a treat.
Sam O'Steen's editor's view of movie making combined with quite a cutting sense of life is unique. His throw away lines about some executives and stars are very telling. His generosity talking about editing brings great sense to the whole movie making process, and his body of work (Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe, The Graduate, Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, Catch 22, Carnal Knowledge, Silkwood, Working Girl, and all the rest...) allows him to speak with an earned cockiness. This book is a treasure for anyone who loves movies.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very highly recommended for any film student or movie buff
Comment: Cut To The Chase: Forty-five Years Of Editing America's Favorite Movies is a rare look into the film editor's trade. In the format of an extended interview of Hollywood legend Sam O'Steen, editor of such renowned movies as "The Graduate," "Chinatown," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?", and with the assistance of his wife, Bobbie O'Steen (herself an experienced writer and former film editor) covers all aspects of the creative movie making process as it really is in the lumbering, confusing, and sometimes merciless machine that is Hollywood. Showcasing the stars that he worked with, and much more, Cut To The Chase is very highly recommended for any film student or movie buff curious about what really goes on behind the silver screen.
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Title: The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film by Michael Ondaatje ISBN: 0375413863 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: First Cut: Conversations With Film Editors by Gabriella Oldham ISBN: 0520075889 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Selected Takes by Vincent LoBrutto ISBN: 0275933954 Publisher: Praeger Paperback Pub. Date: 30 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: In the Blink of an Eye Revised 2nd Edition by Walter Murch ISBN: 1879505622 Publisher: Silman-James Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: When the Shooting Stops, the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor's Story by Ralph Rosenblum, Robert Karen Ph.D. ISBN: 0306802724 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1986 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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