True Grit Teaser & Editing Respect
Film blogger wise everyone has grasped onto the new Coen teaser and who am I to deviate from the pack? It looks a lot darker and grittier than I expected, early reports seemed to indicate a much lighter, comedic re-make angle than this early revelation appears to be heading;
So that’s an early must see for next year. In catch-up mode I’m sad to see the passing of both Sally Menke and Arthur Penn in two days, the former was something of an unsung buttress to the success of Tarantino and the latter an underated director who made a few great films, Bonnie & Clyde obviously springs to mind but also the likes of Night Moves are worth a look, my personal favourite was Little Big Man that I remember enjoying on a late night TV screening many years ago. Interesting interview that spans his career here. It’s intruiging that a lot of great editors are women – Menke, Dede Allen, Karen Schmeer, Verna Fields (credited with ‘rescuing’ the mess of dallies that was Jaws and essentially forging that classic), Schoonmaker and of course the legendary golden age triumvirate that is covered here. To close, as much as I disliked certain elements of Kill Bill Volume 1 this work is extraordinary and was the highlight of that empty, four hour (when you factor in Part 2 ) homage;
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