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dwk
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#13326 Post by dwk »

beamish14 wrote: Sat May 30, 2026 2:26 am An absolutely monumental talent. That opening of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is stunning, as is the editing of the dog fights in Return of the Jedi
Yeah, I'm glad that Criterion were able to interview her for their upcoming Alice release.
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#13327 Post by DimitriL »

A legend and everyone in the industry knew it. Her reputation ended up "the woman who saved Star Wars," but I like the real story better - which is that they were only half done and the effects hadn't even begun to arrive, but Scorsese was so sure that Marcia was the only person who could save New York, New York that she left Star Wars (Paul Hirsch finished the film) and flew to the East Coast to dive into that.

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#13328 Post by beamish14 »

DimitriL wrote: Sat May 30, 2026 6:56 pm A legend and everyone in the industry knew it. Her reputation ended up "the woman who saved Star Wars," but I like the real story better - which is that they were only half done and the effects hadn't even begun to arrive, but Scorsese was so sure that Marcia was the only person who could save New York, New York that she left Star Wars (Paul Hirsch finished the film) and flew to the East Coast to dive into that.

Be the person everyone considers a miracle worker.
Hirsch and Richard Chew edited it more or less simultaneously, but correct, Marcia Lucas laid the foundation down for them
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#13329 Post by Gregory »

Kelly Curtis (Trading Places, The Devil's Daughter).

Pioneering Spanish director, screenwriter, multihyphenate Josefina Molina
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#13330 Post by DimitriL »

beamish14 wrote: Sat May 30, 2026 7:39 pm
DimitriL wrote: Sat May 30, 2026 6:56 pm A legend and everyone in the industry knew it. Her reputation ended up "the woman who saved Star Wars," but I like the real story better - which is that they were only half done and the effects hadn't even begun to arrive, but Scorsese was so sure that Marcia was the only person who could save New York, New York that she left Star Wars (Paul Hirsch finished the film) and flew to the East Coast to dive into that.

Be the person everyone considers a miracle worker.
Hirsch and Richard Chew edited it more or less simultaneously, but correct, Marcia Lucas laid the foundation down for them
In his book, Hirsch says that Lucas let Chew go around the time Marcia left because he wanted to work with a single editor at that point.
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#13331 Post by DeprongMori »

Edgar Morin, age 104. Most known on the film side of things for the work he did with Jean Rouch in 1960 with Chronicle of a Summer.
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