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What does a movie editor do? 7 great examples of their invisible art
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Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune
“What makes a movie a movie is the editing,” says Zach Staenberg in the documentary “The Cutting Edge.”
Admittedly, Staenberg is an editor, most famously of the “Matrix” movies, but he’s not wrong. Editing can create emotion, speed up or slow the pace, explore the psychology of a character or find meaning that even the actors and writers didn’t know was there. Along with the director, an editor decides what we look at and for how long.