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Thelma Schoonmaker

Algerian Editor

Born: Jan 3, 1940

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To receive footage that has been shot with editing in mind, it is a blessing. Thelma Schoonmaker

Blessing Editing Mind Has-Been Footage Been Shot Receive

I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing. Thelma Schoonmaker

Great You Director Editing Think Great Director About Knowing Without Lot

I'm very lucky. Most of my friends wait long times for jobs and also don't get the chance to work on 20 films, like I have, with someone like Scorsese. I love working for him. I just would never - I can't imagine working for anybody else. Thelma Schoonmaker

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Cutting improvisation is really hard, because things don't match, and you end up with some bad cuts sometimes. But we'd rather have the bad cuts and the great improv. Thelma Schoonmaker

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The studio was very nervous about 'Raging Bull.' Thelma Schoonmaker

Nervous About Studio Bull Very Raging

I just happened to see an ad saying 'Willing to train an assistant editor,' and I learned enough from that to go to NYU for just one summer course. That's all that I could afford. Thelma Schoonmaker

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In certain fight scenes in 'Raging Bull' - for example, the shorter ones - I literally just took the head and tail of the shot and put it together, and it all worked beautifully. Thelma Schoonmaker

Together Fight Example Took Scenes Tail Put Head For Example Beautifully Bull Just Literally Worked Shot Certain Raging

I know a lot of editors who are very bitter about the directors they work with. They feel they could have done a better job, and I say to them, 'Oh really? Why don't you go try - it's not easy.' Thelma Schoonmaker

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My job is so wonderful. Thelma Schoonmaker

Wonderful Job

I love improvisation. I mean, it's hard to edit, because things don't necessarily fall together - you have to find ways to give it a dramatic scope, shape. But it's so much fun. Thelma Schoonmaker

I have the best job in the world. Thelma Schoonmaker

Best World Job

All great directors or anyone who has a strong vision like Scorsese needs to have a lot of support around them. I think from the very beginning - when we met each other - he realised he could trust me to do what was right for his movies. Thelma Schoonmaker

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There are more women editors than people realise. I think we're more able to keep our eye on what the film needs. Between men, sometimes it's a real ego battle, and that's very bad for the film. Thelma Schoonmaker

In the very beginning, women were editors because they were the people in the lab rolling the film before there was editing. Then when people like D. W. Griffith began editing, they needed the women from the lab to come and splice the film together. Cecil B. DeMille's editor was a woman. Then, when it became a more lucrative job, men moved into it. Thelma Schoonmaker

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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

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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

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