Don’t you just LOVE The Wizard of Oz?

ME too!

How many times have you thought to yourself, “Man this movie is great, but you know what would make it even better?  If it were edited in ALPHABETICAL ORDER according to the words in the script.”

Yeah, you may not be crazy enough to come up with an idea like that, but THIS guy sure did!

{I’ve heard of Script Sync, but this is ridiculous!}

YES.  It’s the whole movie.  No, I don’t know why either.

Srsly

Kinda reminds me of this, though.

There.  That explains everything.

A classic that stands the test of time.

Thanks, EDITING, for allowing this exist!

James Earl Jones is  pretty rad.

You’re f*%#ed.

Dede Allen is a Goddess, and you better know who she is:

I love this picture!

She worked with editor-turned-director Robert Wise

on Odds Against Tomorrow, in 1959.

(can ya dig it?)

 Later, she collaborated with Craig McKay on Reds.

(brought to you by the Manhattan Edit Workshop)

It’s all about paying it forward.

This guy has EDITED some FILMS!

Chances are, one of your favorite movies is on his credits list, because it’s pretty ridiculous!

He’s won 3 Oscars, 1 Emmy, 2 BAFTAs, 5 Eddies (including a Lifetime Achievement Award), and many others.

Super informative & interesting interview:

I love this because he tells it like it is!

(I know it’s long — see if you can put down your mobile device for two seconds and maybe you’ll learn something!)

LESSON:

perfecting your craft takes TIME , EFFORT & collaboration.

If you’re not interested in that, you are going to have a bad time.

(badass montage courtesy this guy)

I also love Stephen Colbert.

Check out this little ditty showing the before and after FX for Gatsby.

Holy sh*t!

Never heard of her?

Well that’s YOUR bad.

This sweet-looking old lady from St. Louis might be

the baddest Edit Diva ever to walk the earth.

Check out the resume on this chick:

1918: We Can?t Have Everything (C. B. DeMille) (co-director); Till I Come Back to You (C. B. DeMille); The Squaw Man (C. B. DeMille). 1919: Male and Female (C. B. DeMille); For Better, for Worse (C. B. DeMille); Don?t Change Your Husband (C. B. DeMille). 1920: Why Change Your Wife? (C. B. DeMille); Something to Think About (C. B. DeMille). 1921: Forbidden Fruit (C. B. DeMille); Fool?s Paradise (C. B. DeMille); The Affairs of Anatol (C. B. DeMille). 1922: Saturday Night (C. B. DeMille); Manslaughter (C. B. DeMille). 1923: The Ten Commandments (C. B. DeMille); Adam?s Rib (C. B. DeMille). 1924: Triumph (C. B. DeMille); Feet of Clay (C. B. DeMille). 1925: The Road to Yesterday (C. B. DeMille); The Golden Bed (C. B. DeMille). 1926: The Volga Boatman (C. B. DeMille). 1927: The King of Kings (C. B. DeMille) (co); Chicago (Urson). 1928: Ned McCobb?s Daughter (Cowan); Craig?s Wife (W. C. de Mille). 1929: Noisy Neighbors (Reisner); The Godless Girl (C. B. DeMille); Dynamite (C. B. DeMille). 1930: Lord Byron of Broadway (Nigh and Beaumont); This Mad World (W. C. de Mille) (co); Madam Satan (Madame Satan) (C. B. DeMille). 1931: The Squaw Man (The White Man) (C. B. DeMille); Guilty Hands (Van Dyke); The Great Meadow (Brabin) (co). 1932: The Sign of the Cross (C. B. DeMille); The Beast of the City (City Sentinel) (Brabin); The Wet Parade (Fleming). 1933: Tonight Is Ours (Walker); Cradle Song (Leisen); This Day and Age (C. B. DeMille). 1934: Four Frightened People (C. B. DeMille); Cleopatra (C. B. DeMille); Menace (Murphy); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (Taurog); One Hour Late (Murphy). 1935: The Crusades (C. B. DeMille). 1936: The Plainsman (C. B. DeMille). 1937: This Way Please (Florey). 1938: Bulldog Drummond in Africa (L. King); Hunted Men (Crime Gives Orders) (L. King); Sons of the Legion (Hogan); The Buccaneer (C. B. DeMille). 1939: Television Spy (Dmytryk); Union Pacific (C. B. DeMille). 1940: Women without Names (Florey); Northwest Mounted Police (C. B. DeMille). 1941: Land of Liberty. 1942: Reap the Wild Wind (C. B. DeMille); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (Murphy). 1943: The Commandos Strike at Dawn (Farrow). 1944: The Story of Dr. Wassell (C. B. DeMille); Tomorrow the World (Fenton). 1945: Love Letters (Dieterle). 1947: Unconquered (C. B. DeMille). 1949: Samson and Delilah (C. B. DeMille). 1952: The Greatest Show on Earth (C. B. DeMille). 1956: The Ten Commandments (C. B. DeMille).

Bitch edited The Ten Commandments when she was 75.

She was nominated for the Academy Award 4 times and won once.

She is the first woman to win an Academy Award for film editing.

Bauchens & DeMille – the first great editor-director team.

RESPECT.

The VO and music on this piece are pretty cornball, but the choices are pretty legit.

I gotta be honest, I’m a little tired of seeing that Lawrence of Arabia match-blow-out-to-sunrise-edit, but I have NOTHING but love for Anne V. Coates – she created something that’s endured for 53 years!!!

What do YOU think of the list?

One of the most epic trailers of all time:

(I love Dennis Farina SO MUCH!)

John Harris probably didn’t edit the trailer, but he did edit the film.

Here he is talking about his approach:

Found a super interview with Clint Eastwood’s long-time Editor Joel Cox.

They’ve worked together since the 70s – on over 30 films!

Joel got his big editing break on Farewell, My Lovely

 Wait, the whole thing’s on youtube??

He seems like a great guy, too.  Watch & learn!

{click on the picture, dummy!}

Annndddd….they’re still going strong!!