Second viewing, pushed this into pro territory. I’m always disappointed when a romantic comedy forces itself into a more conventional arc as it goes along and I think my initial mixed reaction was to the conventional cut and paste Apatow third act which forces a “Trainwreck” to get her act together, which is to say that I think comedic characters learning lessons and getting better is very overrated, I’d rather they stick within the general confines of their established characteristics…
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Inferno 1980
Second viewing, first was probably 20 years ago on the Anchor Bay dvd. Only thing I remembered was the set piece where the gimp gets attacked by rats and calls out for help but the arriving Good Samaritan slashes his throat instead. This time, I was a bit more taken with it, because in the years subsequent to that first viewing, I’ve seen so many of these genre films that run on dream non-logic that I can forgive a lot…
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Captain Phillips 2013
Second viewing of finished film, umpteenth viewing of film in some form and I watched all the dailies while I was working on the film as an Apprentice Editor before it was moved to the UK to finish editing in order to take advantage of rebates. I'm gobsmacked by Hanks' take on post traumatic shock every time I see it, I remember watching the dailies and the first take, the medic kept messing up her take but Hanks guided her…
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The Big Short 2015
Editors are not usually recognized as auteur figures but Hank Corwin is a special case, he has such a distinctive style that it shapes whatever material he touches and it becomes uniquely his own. You will notice a couple things if you look at his IMDB, one that he a credited editor on Oliver Stone's most aggressively edited features, NATURAL BORN KILLERS to U-TURN and I think it's fair to assume much of the hyperkinetic editing and jarring rhythms of…