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June 18, 2010

Print, etc,

Two things on my mind. Well, one's not really on my mind, but it occurred to me the other day when I was going through all of the recently transferred dailies for James' film: is the term "cut & print" a complete anachronism at this point? As a director, I can scarcely imagine being so on the spot as to know that I won't need something later, but, admittedly, I imagine that sort of refined acuity was a skill worth developing. As an editor, however, I can't comprehend not having every take to work with. Of course, not having every take would suit my laziness just fine, and I suppose that if a director were to only provide me exactly what he knew he needed, I wouldn't have a reason to go searching through the heads and tails of busted takes for little sparks of magic. Actually, this all sounds quite nice. Maybe I'll start deleting bad takes on set.

The other, which is more of an overriding concept, is that in reading all of the interviews and press circulating around the release of I Am Love, my admiration for Tilda Swinton has quietly slipped into full blown adoration - not of the blind sort, but rather a productive strain of high regard, the type which hopefully will see me setting down tonight without a care for my usual tertiary worries and focus, simply, on making something good.

Posted by David Lowery at June 18, 2010 10:28 PM