The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing is a 2004 documentary film about the history and art of film editing, directed by filmmaker Wendy Apple. The film brings up many topics, including the collaborative nature of filmmaking, female representation in the editing field, and emerging technologies of the 21st century. Clips shown in the documentary were taken from feature films of the past century noted for their innovations in editing, ranging from 1903's Life of an American Fireman to 2003's Cold Mountain.
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Directed by | Wendy Apple |
Written by | Mark Jonathan Harris |
Produced by | Wendy Apple |
Starring | Zach Staenberg Jodie Foster Michael Tronick Anthony Minghella Sean Penn Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Quentin Tarantino |
Narrated by | Kathy Bates |
Cinematography | John Bailey |
Edited by | Tim Tobin |
Music by | Nic. tenBroek |
Production companies | TCEP, Inc. |
Distributed by | Starz Encore |
Release dates | October 12, 2004 (Hollywood Film Festival) October 20, 2004 (Japan) December 12, 2004 (United States) |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Language | English |
Budget | <$1,000,000[1] |
The documentary was produced in response to the 1992 documentary film on cinematography, Visions of Light, and the lack of good documentaries focusing on film editors. Apple and her executive producer, Alan Heim, struck a deal with Warner Bros. to license nearly 300 film clips for free. The documentary was filmed all over California, featuring interviews with dozens of film editors, directors, actors, and producers. These interviews were later transcribed for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The Cutting Edge premiered at the Hollywood Film Festival on October 12, 2004. The documentary later aired on the Japanese television station NHK on October 20, 2004, and was released on the premium cable channel Encore on December 12, 2004. The documentary was well-received for its choice of interviewees, especially with the stories of its director-editor collaborations. However, the film was criticized for its choice of recent films and an oversimplified history of film editing. In later years, the documentary was used for education of people learning to be film editors.