‘Palm Springs’ Editor Details the Alternate Beginning You Didn’t See For veteran editor Matt Friedman, the time loop aspect of the Andy Samberg-Cristin Milioti film was “the cherry on top”Joe McGovern | December 29, 2020 @ 12:58 PM Last Updated: December 29, 2020 @ 12:59 PM Neon/Hulu “A large part of the job of film editing is understanding how audiences take in story, visuals, sound, dialogue and ideas,” Matt Friedman explained to TheWrap. The veteran editor, whose career stretches back 25 years, has been responsible for cutting a pair of the most popular and acclaimed films of the last two years: Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” in 2019 and Max Barbakow’s “Palm Springs” (co-edited by Andrew Dickler), a summer sleeper hit that broke streaming records on Hulu. (Distributor Neon also booked the film at drive-in theaters.)