The editing in Goodfellas set a new trend in film making. 2 1/2 hours length and it goes by in the blink of an eye. Its been imitated to death since then and is now the standard in making a film flow , but when it premiered it knocked people out. Schoonmaker is the magic in Scorsese's brilliant concepts.
Agree. Clearly, it's not surprising that she and Scorsese have worked together for decades. Both are off the charts talented! A match made in heaven, etc. They've thoroughly earned the praise. 👍
One of the best cinematic marriages in the history of film. A great lesson for up-and- comers too: don't forget continuity, but don't revere continuity.
@@micahjohansson7573hard to say who was the luckier one, to have found each other. My guess is that she’d say she was the lucky one, but she’s certainly proven herself time and time again.
I'm glad she talked about Gangs of New York. I love this film, & I think it deserves more respect than it gets. The revenge story is more nuanced & has more depth than something like Gladiator (which is a cut & dry revenge story with one dimensional characters), & the world Scorsese re-created was really well done.
1:55 So many time’s I have looked up my own writing / searched to if either what I wrote, or if a song I made was even my work or not because it impressed me in-post so much. Great feeling.
She recently was the editor on Scorsese’s The Irishman. She has been nominated for an Academy Award many times and has won 3 times. Bet she’ll be nominated for The Irishman too.
In watching old westerns from the '40s, very often I notice in two shots that one of the actor's faces is not even facing the camera enough to see any expression at all, and the other (usually the star) is mostly facing the other person so most of their reactions are lost also. It occurred to me that (bad) directors and actors may have been thinking of movies in terms of stage plays at that time. Or maybe many just weren't very good or didn't care about how the movie was done.
This'll seem an odd observation, but watching her talk brings to mind Carol Kay, the bass player in the Wrecking Crew. Both women GIANTS in their chosen fields, and both great in interviews.
Making videos for my channel nowadays i know how important the editing process is (it can even save a project from total boredom) , indeed is like putting a puzzle together Thelma has the gift and is a example of excellence in the field to many aspiring filmakers.
She's so beautiful. I always saw her as well,,,,,,,,, not beautiful. Gotta admit, I normally don't tie beautiful women in with tough-guy/ gangsta Movie's. ( Except as moll's.)
She is using Lightworks, which she has edited on since she switched to digital. It's more like a flatbed film editor with Avid (and pretty much everything else) being more like an old video editing machine. Lightworks was kind of on its last legs for a long time, but now it's coming back strong.
