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Thelma Schoonmaker

Algerian Editor

Born: Jan 3, 1940

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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

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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

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In 'Silence,' there was no improvisation at all; really, you're dealing with a script and a 17th century way of speaking. Thelma Schoonmaker

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'Raging Bull' was badly received at first. It took 10 years for it to be recognised. Thelma Schoonmaker

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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

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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

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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

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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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