Because of the bifurcated way in which most films and television shows are made, with production and post-production each functioning more or less independently, they seldom have occasion to work …
Peter Tonguette
Peter Tonguette
Peter Tonguette is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Sight & Sound, Film Comment and Cineaste. He can be reached at [email protected].
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CineMontage spoke with Michael Tronick, A.C.E. as he was finishing work on ‘2 Guns’.
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It was the news that the American Cinema Editors (ACE) had selected him for a Career Achievement Award that prompted Richard Marks to revisit his life’s work.
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For as long as he has been a director, Gus Van Sant has also been an editor. While most of his subsequent efforts have been cut by such distinguished editors …
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The idea for Not Fade Away had been in David Chase’s mind for a long time, though it took the buzz following the end of The Sopranos for him to be able to make …
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Features
Give Them Some Credit!: How Post-Production Practitioners Received On-Screen Acknowledgment
In his study of silent films, The Parade’s Gone By…, author Kevin Brownlow described editing as “the hidden power.” “Editors are passed over by film historians because their work, when …
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Midway through George Cukor’s Rich and Famous (1981), there is a scene that, all by itself, encapsulates the witty banter that was the director’s signature. The heroine of the film, …
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To those who knew him best, film editor Philip Cahn, who was born June 18, 1894, in New York City, was not a rabble-rousing sort.
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Robert Wise’s memories were remarkably precise and full of stories about editing ‘Citizen Kane’.