January 27, 2009
It’s
awards season again. I was checking out the nominations for the 81st
Academy Awards – The Oscars - and happy to see a few names jump out at
me. One of the fun things I get to do is interview some of the leading
editors around the world for many of the articles I write. Of course,
as a working editor, I am particularly keen on the Oscar category for
best Film Editing and happy to see that 3 out of 5 of the nominees are
folks that I have spent some time with doing these interviews.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall) and The Dark Knight (Lee Smith) seemed like obvious choices to me at the time and I invite you to visit my posts for these films. Slumdog Millionaire is more of a surprise. Not because of the film, but because Chris Dickens’ name jumped out at me in an “oh wow!” moment. Chris was the editor on Hot Fuzz, a truly funny, buddy-cop-film parody.
I have cut my share of documentaries and really enjoyed seeing Encounters at the End of the World.
It’s a good choice in the Documentary Feature Film category, but for me
the nomination holds extra excitement. It was posted in the shop of
some industry friends, Alphadogs in Burbank. Furthermore, this also
offered a chance for a good story with Brian Hutchings, the film’s
colorist. Click digitalfilms.wordpress.com for the whole story.
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