The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Directed by	Wendy Apple
Written by	Mark Jonathan Harris
Produced by	Wendy Apple
Starring	Zach Staenberg Jodie Foster Michael Tronick Anthony Minghella Sean Penn Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Quentin Tarantino
Narrated by	Kathy Bates
Cinematography	John Bailey
Edited by	Daniel Loewenthal Tim Tobin
Music by	Nic. tenBroek
Release date	October 12, 2004 (United States)
Running time	98 minutes
Language	English

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing is a 2004 documentary film directed by filmmaker Wendy Apple. The film is about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.^[1]

Cast

Every actor, editor and director (listed alphabetically below) appears as themselves, with Bates as the narrator.

Films examined

Life of an American Fireman (1903)
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Triumph of the Will (1935)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Vertigo (1958)
Psycho (1960)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Bullitt (1968)
Easy Rider (1969)
The French Connection (1971)
Lenny (1974)
Jaws (1975)
The Last Tycoon (1976)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Raging Bull (1980)
Body Heat (1981)
Places in the Heart (1984)
The Untouchables (1987)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
JFK (1991)
Grand Canyon (1991)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Basic Instinct (1992)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
Home for the Holidays (1995)
Scream (1996)
Dante's Peak (1997)
Titanic (1997)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Kundun (1997)
Out of Sight (1998)
Election (1999)
Sleepy Hollow (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
The Pledge (2001)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
XXX (2002)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Cast

Films examined

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