One of the highlights concerning literature on film and film editing is a book that was recently published by Roger Crittenden. Fine Cuts - The Art of European Film Editing deals with master editors, among them: Agnès Guillemot - (Godard, Truffaut, Catherine Breillat) Roberto Perpignani - (Welles, Bertolucci, Taviani Brüder) Sylvia Ingemarsson - (Ingmar Bergman) Michal Leszczylowski- (Andrei Tarkovsky, Lukas Moodysson) Tony Lawson - (Nic Roeg, Stanley Kubrick, Neil Jordan) and many others.
Roger Crittenden reveals the experiences of many of the greatest living European film editors through his warm and perceptive interviews that offer a unique insight into the art of editing - directly from masters of the craft. In their interviews the editors relate their experiences with the directors they have worked with. Foreword by Walter Murch three-time Oscar-winning editor of Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, American Graffiti, The Conversation and The Godfather Part II and III.
"The cutting room is where you learn how to make films, where you face up to your limitations and realize what you should have done. So you'd better have a good relationship with your editor. The people talking here are amongst the best. Treat them well." Stephen Frears director of Prick up Your Ears, My Beautiful Launderette, Dangerous Liaisons, The Grifters and The Snapper.
"The editors I know are full of insights and revealing stories about their work - this looks a good read, full of great anecdotes." Ken Loach - director of The Navigators, Land and Freedom, Kes and Sweet Sixteen.

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