Cuts in Time and Space

Alternative title: Schnitte in Raum und Zeit
Synopsis: A film editor’s work is as essential as it is invisible. Its outcome, the finished film, is the result of weeks of concentrated labour. Frequently, in documentary filmmaking, the work’s narrative structure is mainly shaped in the editing process. The editor functions as co-author, juggling and organising the raw material at hand, and structuring the material according to principles of space and time, rhythm and composition. This extensively supplemented 2-disc DVD explores this process in a documentary feature by filmmaker Gabriele Voss, a film editor in her own right. Renowned editors, a brain researcher, as well as writer-director Alexander Kluge, talk about their work, oscillating between craft and art. Selected film clips illustrate the techniques and tricks that make up the magic of film montage.

DVD extras: 126 minutes of additional interviews; 12 page booklet with filmographies of all the editors and filmmakers.
Language: English
Country: Germany
Year of production: 2006
Subjects: Film & television production
Keywords: documentary films; film and television editing; Editing (text); montage

Name: Edition Filmmuseum
Email: info@edition-filmmuseum.com
Web: http://www.edition-filmmuseum.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone: +49 89 5161 660
Fax: +49 89 2366 1220
Address: Film & Kunst GmbH
Herzog-Wilhelm-Str. 27
Munich
80331
Germany
Notes: Edition Filmmuseum is a joint project of film archives and cultural institutions in the German-speaking part of Europe. Its ambition is to publish film works of artistic, cultural and historical value in DVD editions that both utilise the possibilities of digital media and meet the quality demands of the archival profession. Participating archives include Bonner Kinemathek, Bundesarchiv, Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg, Cinémathèque Suisse, Deutsche Kinemathek, Deutsches Filminstitut, Filmmuseum Düsseldorf, Filmmuseum München, Filmmuseum Potsdam, Goethe-Institut, and Österreichisches Filmmuseum. DVDs are organised under the headings: German films, International cinema, Documentaries, Films about film, Short film collections, Filmed literature, Silent movies, Film and Art, and DVD collections. There are both German and English language versions of the website. Sale on DVD. All the films of an author or a theme are offered as a DVD collection for a reduced price.

This record has been viewed 372 times.

British Universities Film & Video Council