In a way, Ben Lewis, one of the three founding members of the Society of Motion Picture Film Editors (SMPFE) — now the Motion Picture Editors Guild — was the …
Edward Landler
Edward Landler
Edward Landler is a filmmaker, media educator and film historian. He made I Build the Tower, the definitive feature documentary on the Watts Towers, and is currently completing a cultural history of film. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Legendary movie producer Sam Goldwyn wrote the quote, opposite, in an article for The New York Times Magazine in 1949, just as television was emerging as a major mass medium.
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With the clarity of hindsight,perhaps the Academy can find a way to single out those films of past years that may have been unjustly overlooked.
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You Can’t Tell the Movies Without a Scorecard!
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As the upcoming film Moneyball makes expressly clear, Baseball is a game of statistics––something rarely, if ever, touched on in any of the movies about the sport since the first …
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Perhaps some of these tales of superheroes can light a path for us to find the power within ourselves to effect some change and establish our own identities.
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A List of Comic Book Superhero Appearances in Cinema and Television.
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Whether they selected films or not, the music editors voiced a range of opinions about whether an award for Best Music Editing was even a good idea. Their perspectives on …
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Features
‘The Tempest’ Tossed: Remodels, Reformulations and Reimaginations of Shakespeare’s Most Magical Play
By now, revealing the gender change of the driving character of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest in Julie Taymor’s new film is no spoiler for audiences. The wronged and sometime Duke …
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“Bring the work back into the cutting room” is the mantra of Terry Kelley, A.C.E. To save both money and time producing television shows and movies, picture editor Kelley has …