Following what he felt was excessive studio interference, he distanced himself from Dune before release and later asked to have his name taken off
certain edits of the film.
Not exact matches
The pacing is good, but the
film also comes with many obvious markers
of rough
editing and recuts, which makes the middle section feel muddled and disjointed; it's hard to see
certain scenes as sequential and purposed, rather than stitched together from parts
of what was seemingly a deeper (and longer) character study.
The
film's strength lies in its engaging visuals, namely the impressive opening sequence and the clever
editing during
certain fight scenes which lends them a greater feel
of urgency and excitement.
In the second half
of the
film, there are
certain scenes which could have been
edited to aid momentum.
We can talk a lot about the harm caused by
certain studios when it comes to reshoots and
edited versions
of films, but when it doesn't concern huge movies where those stories will easily make headlines, it generally shows how much
of a collaborative process filmmaking is and how there are producers who know a thing or two about development.
Other
films in the spotlight will include a pair
of Weinstein Co. releases that have made news because
of editing: Different versions
of opening - night
film «Grace
of Monaco» have reportedly led to conflicts between director Olivier Dahan and Weinstein, while the Un
Certain Regard entry «The Disappearance
of Eleanor Rigby» screened as two separate
films in Toronto, but will be unveiled as a trimmed - down third version at Cannes.
As for the second
film, director Marc Webb today tweeted a new image from behind the scenes
of post-production as a
certain web - slinger showed up to visit Pietro Scalia's
editing suite.
Beholden to Victory is an
edited video version
of the full - length Super-8 «war movie» genre picture Hail the Fallen -LRB-...) The
film was not directed in the traditional sense, as there was no script, and the actors were required to play as in a game — to follow
certain rules, or, more precisely, to observe
certain restrictions.
A number
of works document the process
of making, whether
filming the actual production process or including references to
certain prevalent forms
of technology such as the Internet and desktop
editing.