In this video, editor Thelma Schoonmaker discusses a number of topics relating to her career, working with Scorsese and her opinions increasingly rapid cutting in commercials. She describes the necessities of a good editor similar to Walter Murch: patience, discipline and a sense of musical rhythm. She also gives her tips for aspiring filmmakers, discusses the benefits of moving to digital editing and talks about how bad editing can ruin a performance or even an entire film.
On the topic of her more daring editing techniques, such as jump-cutting in 'Shutter Island' (Martin Scorsese, 2010) and 'Goodfellas' (Martin Scorsese, 1990), she gives her opinion on the visibility of film editing:
'A lot of people think that editing should be invisible.
Sometimes you do want it to be invisible, you want a dialogue scene to flow.
But we've never felt that way. We always like to slap the audience in the face if its required.'
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