The Cutting Edge - The Magic of Movie Editing

Editing is what makes film a film, and this documentary shows why and how. Although it's light on the actual techniques of editing, it spans almost 100 years of movie editing from the beginning of the motion pictures to latest movies like The Matrix. Many stars and directors contributed sound bites to the movie for easy consumption, but I especially liked the few and only segments where Walter Murch editing Cold Mountain. I think there's a good documentary there by watching him edit and learn from it, but this doc is more ambitious than that.

It's a good introductory piece to what film editing is, and what film editors do to make a movie what it is from yestedays to today, but some film buffs and industry professionals would be disappointed by the lack of technical substances. However, it is a lot better to watch than read about the subject of film editing, so grab some popcorns and enjoy in the name of vocational training.