THELMA SCHOOMAKER

Thelma Schoonmaker, renowned for her work as editor usually in close collaboration with Martin Scorsese, talks about being a recipient of the Cannes Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement. She also goes on to explain how editing is now beginning to receive more of the true recognition which it deserves as she explains how editing can ruin a movie or make it better. 

She then goes on to talk about how she knew nothing of editing until she was taught by Martin Scorsese and how this has led to them almost becoming one mind when they work on a film, how they do not always agree on certain choices and so screen one version then the other and have the viewers pick which they preferred. 'Raging Bull' is her most favourite piece which she worked on as it was her first feature film to edit, citing that everything about the production was golden, from the performances to the script to the footage itself. 

Regarding any advice she would give to young film makers, she explains how an editor must have great patience and discipline, similar traits which are used when learning an instrument and describes it as a rhythm. Along with this she also recommends to stay away from cliche and sentimentality, but to lay down humanity and strong emotion whilst avoiding sentimentality.