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Who Cuts the Film?
Who, exactly, does edit the film. Usually, no single person, exactly. Although there have been a few notable exceptions, a good director always has the leading influence on the editing of his film, the value of that influence being proportional to his instinct for and knowledge of editing. An experienced producer can also have marked editorial input at this stage of the production. And a cutter of established reputation and proven ability can have the greatest influence of all, if only because he sets the editorial “tone” by making the first complete assembly.
In 1953, Karel Reisz, in his excellent book, The Technique of Film Editing, wrote, “In Hollywood … writers normally prepare their scripts in much greater detail and ...
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