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Pixelwhore
10May12
Often, when I gaze into Altman's films I find the stories being told in the background, are just as important as the ones in the foreground.
Edward Copeland
23Jun11
I miss Robert Altman. The cinematic world became less interesting when he left this universe. Not every film he made was a masterpiece (in fact some bordered on the unwatchable), but you knew that whatever he directed, the end product would not be a something that looked as if he were just going through the motions. http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2010/06/we-need-him-now-more-than-ever.html
CAROL EISNER
11May10
BOBBIE O'STEEN'S INVISIBLE CUT SERIES: SCREENING AND DISCUSSION WITH EDITOR OF MICHAEL CLAYTON (NEW YORK – APRIL 30, 2010) 92YTribeca presents The Invisible Cut: How Editors Make Movie Magic with author and moderator Bobbie O’Steen in conversation with film editor John Gilroy, A.C.E. on THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2010, 7 PM at 92YTribeca, located at 200 Hudson Street, New York City, with screening of the award-winning film Michael Clayton. O’Steen and Gilroy will run footage and discuss his editing process on the 2007 drama starring George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson and the late Sydney Pollack. This is the third in the series of events from Bobbie O’Steen about the art of film editing, where she conducts in-depth discussion with esteemed film editors and screens their award-winning movies. 92YTribeca box office opens one hour before. Advance tickets ($12) may be purchased at www.92YTribeca.org or by calling 212.601.1000. The Invisible Cut: How Editors Make Movie Magic (Michael Wiese, 2009) is Bobbie O’Steen’s latest book and her second about film editing in which she gets inside the editor’s head and shows how the mysterious art of editing is actually done. The author uses the “out” and “in” frames of the actual cuts from classic scenes from landmark movies like The Graduate, Chinatown, Rear Window, French Connection and Body Heat as well as in-depth interviews to explain how the editor manipulates and seduces the audience to create the invisible cut. The New York-based author first wrote about film with her late husband, Sam O’Steen, the legendary Oscar nominated film editor in Cut To The Chase: 45 Years of Editing America's Favorite Movies (2002), filled with candid stories from the cutting room and behind the scenes on some of the most influential movies in motion picture history. Sam O’Steen was one of Hollywood's most distinguished film editors who worked with directors Mike Nichols, Roman Polanski and many others during what is now referred to as the “Golden Age.” For his work on Michael Clayton, John Gilroy was nominated for an A.C.E. Eddie and BAFTA award. Gilroy has worked on numerous films including Duplicity, Pride and Glory, Miracle, Narc, and Tumbleweeds. After graduating from Dartmouth College, Gilroy came up through the editing ranks in the 1980s, working as an assistant editor on numerous features, including Francis Ford Coppola’s Peggy Sue Got Married and Gardens of Stone. www.bobbieosteen.com
CAROL EISNER
8Feb10
THE INVISIBLE CUT: HOW EDITORS MAKE MOVIE MAGIC AUTHOR BOBBIE O’STEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH FILM EDITOR TIM SQUYRES PRESENTED BY 92YTRIBECA The Film “Gosford Park” Screens 92YTribeca presents “The Invisible Cut: How Editors Make Movie Magic” with author Bobbie O’Steen in discussion with film editor Tim Squyres on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 7 p.m., at 92YTribeca, located at 200 Hudson Street, New York City, along with screening of the 2001 film “Gosford Park.” Squyres will analyze his unique editing process as well as discuss the experience of working with the visionary director, Robert Altman. O'Steen will sign her latest book, “The Invisible Cut: How Editors Make Movie Magic” (2009) as well as “Cut To The Chase: Forty-Five Years of Editing America’s Favorite Movies” (2002) before and after the screening. Box office opens one hour before. Advance tickets ($12) may be purchased at www.92YTribeca.org or by calling 212.601.1000. “The Invisible Cut: How Editors Make Movie Magic” (Michael Wiese, 2009) is the newest book from writer Bobbie O’Steen, and her second about film editing, in which she gets inside the editor’s head and shows how the mysterious art of editing is actually done. The author uses the “out” and “in” frames of the actual cuts from classic scenes from landmark movies like “The Graduate,” “Chinatown,” “Rear Window,” “French Connection” and “Body Heat” as well as in-depth interviews to explain how the editor manipulates and seduces the audience to create the invisible cut. The New York-based author first wrote about film with her late husband, Sam O’Steen, the legendary Oscar nominated film editor in “"Cut To The Chase: Forty-Five Years of Editing America's Favorite Movies" (2002), filled with candid stories from the cutting room and behind the scenes on some of the most influential movies in motion picture history. Sam O’Steen was one of Hollywood's most distinguished film editors who worked with directors Mike Nichols, Roman Polanski and many others during what is now referred to as the “Golden Age.” “Ultimately the editor is not only the seducer who must anticipate our needs and feelings but he makes us want things we’re not even aware of,” says Bobbie O’Steen, who worked as a story editor, screenwriter and film editor for over 30 years and has a unique perspective on the moviemaking process. “Whenever the editor chooses a shot and decides exactly where to start that shot and where to end it, he or she must create an overall pace and rhythm that pulls the audience in and tells the story in the most satisfying way. And only then will the cuts become invisible. All told, editing is a quirky combination of truth, trickery, and luck. When the editor reaps the best of all three, he or she can create movie magic,” says O’Steen. The award-winning Tim Squyres, A.C.E., has edited over thirty films, among them “Rachel Getting Married” and “Syriana” and has cut ten films for director Ang Lee, including “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Sense and Sensibility.” Who: Bobbie O’Steen, Author, “The Invisible Cut: How Editors Make Movie Magic” in conversation with award-winning film editor Tim Squyres. What: A conversation between author Bobbie O’Steen (The Invisible Cut: How Editors Make Movie Magic) and film editor Tim Squyres who talk about the art of editing and run a sequence from “Gosford Park.” Squyres will analyze his process and discuss his experience of working with director Robert Altman. The film, “Gosford Park,” a drama about the lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England, will be screened. The film stars Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas and Bob Balaban. When: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 7 pm; $12. Where: 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street at the corner of Canal and Hudson Streets in New York City. Who Should Attend? The event is useful to any film student, screenwriter, aspiring director or editor, and especially those currently working in the trenches of New York filmmaking or those learning how films are made or any film aficionado interested in the art of editing. THE INVISIBLE CUT How Editors Make Movie Magic By Bobbie O’Steen Michael Wiese, March 2009 Performing Arts/Film & Video/Editing $28.95 USA ISBN 978-1-932907-53-7 351 Pages, Trade Paperback Contact: Carol Eisner EISNER PUBLIC RELATIONS carol@eisnerpr.com www.bobbieosteen.com
cinemaofdreams
8Feb10
Where's Brewster McCloud? That has to be one of the more audacious and quirky comedies of all time.
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Edward Brooks
13Dec09
where's Images?not his greatest but it really spooked me out when I was 13 so I have a love for it's story of isolation .
Michael Powell
28May09
I've been in a serious Altman phase lately. If anyone hasn't read "The Nashville Chronicles", it's well worth checking out.
