Roger Crittenden - Fine Cuts: Interviews on the Practice of European Film Editing

In the expanded second edition of Fine Cuts, Roger Crittenden reveals the experiences of the greatest European film editors through his warm and perceptive interviews. This new edition builds on the foundations laid out in 2005, including interviews with the editors of films such as Day for Night, The Sacrifice, The Kid with a Bike, and Fanny and Alexander; new interviews with editors of such films as Tyrannosaur and The Other Side of Hope; and editors from a wider range of countries, including Austria, Belgium, Finland, Portugal, and Russia. The book now embraces all aspects of post-production, with insights into sound editing from Larry Sider, originator of the renowned School of Sound, and music composition from Oscar winner Dario Marianelli (Atonement).

Editors relate their experiences with directors, including:

• Claire Atherton [Chantal Akerman]
• Mick Audsley [Terry Gilliam, Stephen Frears]
• Yann Dedet [Franois Truffaut, Claire Denis, Maurice Pialat]
• Marie-Hlne Dozo [Dardenne Brothers]
• Franois Gdigier [Patrice Chreau, Lars von Trier]
• Samu Heikkil [Aki Kaurismki]
• Sylvia Ingemarsdotter [Ingmar Bergman]
• Tony Lawson [Nicolas Roeg, Stanley Kubrick, Neil Jordan]
• Michal Leszczylowski [Andrei Tarkovsky, Lukas Moodysson]
• Roberto Perpignani [Orson Welles, Bernardo Bertolucci, Taviani Brothers]
• Mary Stephen [Eric Rohmer]

Each interview also includes a list of cited and notable films for further study. An online eResource contains additional interviews with editors Sabine Mamou, Agns Guillemot, and Nino Baragli.

After a distinguished career at the BBC, Roger Crittenden was recruited to the new National Film and Television School as Head of Editing and later became Director of the MA program. While with the NFTS, he taught in Moscow, Mexico City, Manila, Copenhagen, Singapore, Brisbane Australia, and in Cuba. In 2014 he was given the first ever CILECT International Teaching Award for his outstanding contribution to media pedagogy. More recently, he was appointed Adjunct Professor of Film at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Roger is the author of two books on editing, as well as a book on Truffauts Day For Night for the British Film Institutes Film Classic Series.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Crittenden, Roger.

Title: Fine cuts : interviews on the practice of European film editing /

Roger Crittenden.

Description: Second edition. | New York : Routledge, 2018. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018004375 | ISBN 9781138201989 (hardback) |

ISBN 9781138201996 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781315475134 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Motion picture editorsEuropeInterviews. | Motion

picturesEditing.

Classification: LCC TR849.A1 C73 2018 | DDC 778.535092/2 [B]dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018004375

ISBN: 978-1-138-20198-9 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-138-20199-6 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-47513-4 (ebk)

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