Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away

A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away provides a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential films of the last fifty years as seen through the eyes of Paul Hirsch, the Oscar-winning film editor who worked on such classics as George Lucas’s Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, Brian De Palma’s Carrie and Mission: Impossible, Herbert Ross’s Footloose and Steel Magnolias, John Hughes’s Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Joel Schumacher’s Falling Down, and Taylor Hackford’s Ray.

Hirsch breaks down his career movie by movie, offering a riveting look at the decisions that went into creating some of cinema’s most iconic scenes. He also provides behind-the-scenes insight into casting, directing, and scoring and intimate portraits of directors, producers, composers, and stars. Part film school primer, part paean to legendary filmmakers and professionals, this funny and insightful book will entertain and inform aficionados and casual moviegoers alike.

A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away ofera o privire in culise la unele dintre cele mai influente filme din ultimii cincizeci de ani, vazute prin ochii lui Paul Hirsch, editorul de film castigator de Oscar la care a lucrat clasice precum Star Wars si The Empire Strikes Back de George Lucas, Carrie and Mission: Impossible de Brian De Palma, Magnolias de la picioare si otel ale lui Herbert Ross, Ziua libera si avioane ale lui John Hughes, Trenuri si automobile, Falling Down de Joel Schumacher si Taylor Hackford Ray.