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A funny editing scene with editors editing on film. How has editing evolved since then? Is cutting comedy harder than drama? And how a good Editor will always make the material better.
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Hail, Caesar! is a 2016 comedy film (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_film) written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_brothers) . The film stars Josh Brolin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Brolin) , George Clooney (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clooney) , Alden Ehrenreich (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alden_Ehrenreich) , Ralph Fiennes (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Fiennes) , Jonah Hill (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Hill) , Scarlett Johansson (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson) , Frances McDormand (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_McDormand) , Tilda Swinton (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilda_Swinton) , and Channing Tatum (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channing_Tatum) . It is a fictional story that follows the real-life fixer (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaner_(crime)) Eddie Mannix (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mannix) (Brolin) working in the Hollywood film industry in the 1950s (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Hollywood_cinema) , trying to discover what happened to a cast member who vanished during the filming of a biblical epic (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_film) .
First talked about by the Coens in 2004, Hail, Caesar! was originally set to take place in the 1920s and to follow actors performing a play about ancient Rome (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome) . The Coens shelved the idea until late 2013. Principal photography (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography) began in November 2014 in Los Angeles (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles) , California (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California) .
The film premiered in Los Angeles on February 1, 2016, and was released in the United States on February 5, 2016. It grossed $63 million worldwide and received positive reviews. The film was chosen by National Board of Review (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review) as one of the top ten films of 2016 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Awards_2016#Top_10_Films) [3] (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail,_Caesar!#cite_note-3) and it received nominations at the 89th Academy Awards (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/89th_Academy_Awards) and 70th British Academy Film Awards (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_British_Academy_Film_Awards) , both for production design.
A funny editing scene with editors editing on film. How has editing evolved since then? Is cutting comedy harder than drama? And how a good Editor will always make the material better.
SCENE: amzn.to/30XaxiO
Hail, Caesar! is a 2016 comedy film (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_film) written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_brothers) . The film stars Josh Brolin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Brolin) , George Clooney (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clooney) , Alden Ehrenreich (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alden_Ehrenreich) , Ralph Fiennes (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Fiennes) , Jonah Hill (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Hill) , Scarlett Johansson (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson) , Frances McDormand (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_McDormand) , Tilda Swinton (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilda_Swinton) , and Channing Tatum (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channing_Tatum) . It is a fictional story that follows the real-life fixer (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleaner_(crime)) Eddie Mannix (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mannix) (Brolin) working in the Hollywood film industry in the 1950s (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Hollywood_cinema) , trying to discover what happened to a cast member who vanished during the filming of a biblical epic (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_film) .
First talked about by the Coens in 2004, Hail, Caesar! was originally set to take place in the 1920s and to follow actors performing a play about ancient Rome (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome) . The Coens shelved the idea until late 2013. Principal photography (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_photography) began in November 2014 in Los Angeles (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles) , California (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California) .
The film premiered in Los Angeles on February 1, 2016, and was released in the United States on February 5, 2016. It grossed $63 million worldwide and received positive reviews. The film was chosen by National Board of Review (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review) as one of the top ten films of 2016 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_Awards_2016#Top_10_Films) [3] (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail,_Caesar!#cite_note-3) and it received nominations at the 89th Academy Awards (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/89th_Academy_Awards) and 70th British Academy Film Awards (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_British_Academy_Film_Awards) , both for production design.
