Pat's Paragraph

I read the first of Dede Allen's interview and found it rather fascinating. I think she is a strong woman in the film world and shows that not only the men run the industry. Her career represents that with ease from her work with editing on some of my favorite pictures such as Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, and Bonnie and Clyde. Then she has experience within the heavy hitting studio system that is Warner Bros. I found the interview mainly focusing on Dede's view of how it was back in the day now and here in the present. I don't know first hand how editing was back then, but with her words it seemed like a more personal career, and less of you and a computer. She states there was more freedom and less of the studios leaning over your shoulder watching your every move. For how is one to edit and make the picture good with that kind of pressure. She seems to be a great advocate of the Golden Age and one of those who slipped through the cracks without being destroyed by to much succcess, like many were. I admire her for her work in the film industry and makes me more interested in the job that is editing, it seems very difficult, but you come across ways to make it your own which makes it so fascinating. I appreciated the quote that was bolded, that stated how the actors were getting well paid and the money was taking from the artistry that is cinema. This woman has had quite a career and now that I know what film's she has worked on, I might just have to find the others I hadn't heard of before.