1Yann Dedet
It was when talking to Yann (and Martine Barraqué) in researching a book on Truffaut’s La Nuit Americaine (Day for Night) that the idea of a book on European film editors first occurred to me. So it is appropriate to begin this new edition with our original conversation.
Yann’s first films as an editor were with François Truffaut. He subsequently became the editor for amongst others, Maurice Pialat. He had recently directed his first feature length film, Le Pays du Chien qui Chante (The Land of the Singing Dog, 2002).
YD: I was born in Paris in 1946. My father was a publisher, including for instance the last three books by Antonin Artaud.
My mother was an “antiquaire” (antique dealer). I was very “moyen” (average) at school, but ...
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