Second-Story Man
Directed by Neal Dhand
Written by Neal Dhand and Richard Jackson
USA, 2011
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(Note: Neal Dhand writes for us at Sound On Sight. He and I do not currently know each other and after this review our meeting at the staff Christmas party may be a bit awkward.)
Edward Delaney recently wrote a provocative piece arguing that many documentary filmmakers are seduced into making their films feature-length, rather than making them the length that the narrative demands. But this problem is not restricted to documentary. As John Landis tells the story, the great director George Roy Hill once drunkenly gave him great advice about editing: “You need to take your film, shake it and everything that falls on the floor, you leave.”
The problem for most filmmakers, especially in their first films, is that they love their film too much to give them a great shake...
Directed by Neal Dhand
Written by Neal Dhand and Richard Jackson
USA, 2011
imdb, film web-site
(Note: Neal Dhand writes for us at Sound On Sight. He and I do not currently know each other and after this review our meeting at the staff Christmas party may be a bit awkward.)
Edward Delaney recently wrote a provocative piece arguing that many documentary filmmakers are seduced into making their films feature-length, rather than making them the length that the narrative demands. But this problem is not restricted to documentary. As John Landis tells the story, the great director George Roy Hill once drunkenly gave him great advice about editing: “You need to take your film, shake it and everything that falls on the floor, you leave.”
The problem for most filmmakers, especially in their first films, is that they love their film too much to give them a great shake...
- 9/18/2011
- by Michael Ryan
- SoundOnSight
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