Originally posted by: zombie84
Thats actually the standard practice for a director. The "first cut" is the directors. An assembly is done by the ediot--basically every single scene with every single dialog bit is edited together, usually producing a very long and boring film that is then whittled down by the director and editor.
Thats actually the standard practice for a director. The "first cut" is the directors. An assembly is done by the ediot--basically every single scene with every single dialog bit is edited together, usually producing a very long and boring film that is then whittled down by the director and editor.
Thanks for clearing that up; Burtt made it sound like a Lucas-rule, and if I'd checked up and thought about the responsibilties of the director in making any film, I'd have eventually come to the light.
What muddies the waters with the work done on the O-OT, and to a lesser extent the PT, is that there really are quite a few uncredited hands involved in cutting the film(s). I mean technically George Lucas should have been up there with his wife, and Chew, and Hirsch to accept that Academy Award, but if I recall correctly didn't he resign from all the Hollywood guilds over the placement of his name at the end of the movie rather than the opening, giving us that all-time classic Star Destroyer reveal?