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Everybody would like us to make 'Goodfellas' over and over and over again.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Everybody
Would
Over
Like
Make
Again
Us
With digital editing, I now can make many, many versions of a scene.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editing
Digital
Scene
Make
Versions
Many
Now
Having been raised overseas, I wanted to become a diplomat. But the State Department thought I was too 'liberal' to be happy with that job.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Be Happy
Happy
Job
Thought
Become
Too
Liberal
State
State Department
Diplomat
Having
Been
Overseas
Department
Wanted
Raised
If I hadn't met Scorsese, I would never have become a filmmaker. He has taught me everything I know about editing and has given me the best job in the world.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Best
Me
Editing
World
Job
Met
Become
Everything
Would
About
Given
Never
He
Know
Scorsese
Taught
Filmmaker
One of our big tools is screening. We screen usually 12 times, which is much more than most filmmakers do, and we recut in between each one, because we really need to feel how the audience is reacting to the movie.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Big
Tools
Our
More
Feel
Between
Most
Reacting
Because
Audience
How
Times
Than
Screen
Screening
Movie
In-Between
Which
Much
Really
Each
Each One
Need
Filmmakers
I particularly remember with 'Casino,' everyone was like, 'It's not 'Goodfellas!'' No, it's not 'Goodfellas.' That's right: it's a different movie. Now, everyone thinks 'Casino' is a masterpiece.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Casino
Remember
Everyone
Like
Particularly
Masterpiece
Different
Movie
Now
Right
Thinks
We don't worry about continuity because when we're doing so many improvs, it's better to get the laugh. It's better to get the great lines even if they're in the wrong part of the room.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Great
Better
Worry
Laugh
About
Part
Wrong
Because
Doing
Continuity
Lines
Get
Room
Many
Even
From the moment I met Martin Scorsese in 1962, he educated me about the films that had taught him so much about filmmaking. He had been deeply affected, even as a child, by great films that stretched his mind and struck into his heart, and he was eager to share them with friends and people who worked with him or with actors who were in his films.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Great
Me
Heart
People
Mind
Met
Films
Stretched
About
Martin
Martin Scorsese
Struck
Had
Share
He
Him
Educated
Were
Affected
Been
His
Friends
Scorsese
Child
Taught
Them
Worked
Much
Moment
Who
Even
Actor
Eager
Deeply
Filmmaking
An actor's performance can be improved or shaped - or ruined - by what takes you use, how long you are on the actor's face, what line you put on the other actor's face, and when do you use close-ups or wide shots or two shots.
Thelma Schoonmaker
You
Face
Long
Other
Ruined
Shaped
Put
Takes
Performance
How
Line
Improved
Shots
Use
Actor
Wide
Two
In 'Silence,' there was no improvisation at all; really, you're dealing with a script and a 17th century way of speaking.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Silence
You
Way
Dealing
Improvisation
Script
Century
Really
Speaking
'Raging Bull' was badly received at first. It took 10 years for it to be recognised.
Thelma Schoonmaker
First
Took
Recognised
Badly
Bull
Years
Raging
Received
When you're a film-maker, sometimes you have to be a slave to continuity.
Thelma Schoonmaker
You
Sometimes
Continuity
Slave
I do think there's not enough film history being taught and appreciated. Maybe it's being taught, but I've heard from professors that young kids don't want to look at black-and-white movies. And that's 85 years of film history, with masterpiece after masterpiece.
Thelma Schoonmaker
History
Young
Think
Enough
Kids
Look
Masterpiece
Years
Heard
Maybe
Taught
Being
Want
After
Young Kids
Movies
Film
Professors
Appreciated
In 'Casino,' there was this scene where Bob De Niro tape-records Sharon Stone's phone call. Then he asks her about where she's going, and he catches her in a lie. It was a great scene, especially for Bob's work, but we found that, in light of the whole film, it wasn't needed.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Work
Great
Lie
Phone
Casino
Light
Phone Call
Niro
About
Scene
He
Sharon
De Niro
She
Call
Stone
Going
Where
Bob
Ask
Then
Whole
Film
Found
Her
Needed
The difference between a film that ends up three hours and a film that is envisioned as three hours is that it's written that way.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Three
Way
Written
Between
Envisioned
Hours
Up
Difference
Ends
Film
I won the Oscar for 'Raging Bull' for those fight sequences. If you look at those fight sequences, those were so incredibly storyboarded and shot in an incredible way - that is the conception a good director has to bring.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Good
You
Director
Fight
Incredible
Incredibly
Way
Those
Look
Conception
Bull
Were
Won
Shot
Good Director
Raging
Bring
Oscar
I never thought I would get married: I'm such a workaholic.
Thelma Schoonmaker
Thought
Married
Would
Never
Get
Get Married
Workaholic
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