An Evening with Paul Hirsch, ACE

I’ve been enjoying the editor Paul Hirsch’s book, A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away, for last couple of weeks. It’s one of the best books about working in Hollywood, with delightful nuggets of editing / storytelling wisdom as an film editor. (I’m planning to write a book review after I’m done with it.)

To supplement his book, I’m thrilled to find his book tours/talks all over the Internet, and his talk @ LACPUG stands out because he’s talking to his main audience, the editors and the peers.

I cannot embed the videos here, but you can watch the part 1 and the part 2 at Vimeo.

Editor Jinmo Yang discusses the unique methods of editing Parasite

If sometimes the acting or the timing was off, we resorted to getting different takes and stitching them together as if it’s one panning shot to perfect the timing and the rhythm and the acting. Director Bong and I frequently do this sort of “VFX stitch work” to perfect the timing as if it’s one shot – stitching various takes together as one shot.

The whole interview is fascinating if you’re a fan of Director Bong and his latest film, Parasite.