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San Francisco Film Society Announces Behind the Scenes Master Class 'The Politics of the Cutting Room Floor' with Editor Curtiss Clayton
Master Cutter Clayton to Discuss the Challenges Behind the Scenes of the Editor’s Art, Thursday, June 21 at San Francisco Film Centre
5/14/2012
The San Francisco Film Society announces a new master class with Curtiss Clayton, an editor best known for his work on character-driven independent features, especially those of Gus Van Sant, 7:00 pm, Thursday June 21 at San Francisco Film Centre in the Presidio.
Film editors often face challenges that go beyond the creative issues involved in shaping a film. The politics of the cutting room can have a huge effect on the success or failure of any movie, from indie projects to star-driven blockbusters. Clayton will lead a discussion about the tensions and triumphs—and occasional disasters—that occur on the road to locking a final cut and show excerpts from his work on Drugstore Cowboy, Buffalo 66, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and many others.
Master Class Tickets $25 for SFFS members, $35 general. Box office now open online at sffs.org.
For more information visit sffs.org.
For interviews, photos and press materials contact hhart@sffs.org.
Behind the Scenes: The Art and Craft of Cinema with Curtiss Clayton also includes two days of programs at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Wednesday, June 20 at 7:00 pm Clayton will give a special lecture on the art and craft of film editing, illustrating them with sequences from Van Sant’s To Die For (USA 1995), starring Nicole Kidman and Matt Dillon. Clayton will conclude his talk with a question-and-answer session with the audience followed by a screening of To Die For, Friday, June 22 at 7:00 pm Clayton will introduce his directorial debut, Rick (USA 2003), a stark satire about greed and ambition written by Daniel Handler, as well as a very special work-in-progress screening at 9:20 pm of his newest editing effort, Carter’s Maladies (USA 2012), starring James Franco as a soap opera star who retires at a young age due to a mental illness. For information about the PFA programs visit bampfa.berkeley.edu.
Prior Behind the Scenes participants are costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis, composer Mark Isham, animator John Musker, art director Patricia Woodbridge, special effects creator Phil Tippett and producer Sid Ganis.
Behind the Scenes: The Art and Craft of Cinema is presented in partnership with Pacific Film Archive/Berkeley Art Museum with major support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
More upcoming San Francisco Film Society programs
Through May 17: Here
Opening May 11: Michael
Opening May 18: Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle and Le Rayon Vert (Summer)
Opening May 25: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Opening June 1: Hide Away Chris Eyre’s quietly contemplative, deliberately paced tale of mourning, renewal and redemption.
June 2 only: An Evening of Wholphin Love Shorts from the latest issue of Wholphin, plus preview of the next.
Eight consecutive Saturdays June 2 - July 21: The Story of Film: An Odyssey An extraordinary 15-hour television series—comprehensive, yet idiosyncratic—packed with luscious film clips and judicious interviews.
Opening June 8: The Wages of Fear New 35 mm print of one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and the winner of the 1953 Cannes Palme d’Or.
San Francisco Film Society
Building on a legacy of more than 50 years of bringing the best in world cinema to the Bay Area, the San Francisco Film Society is a national leader in exhibition, education and filmmaker services.
The Film Society presents 365 days of exhibition each year, reaching a total audience of 130,000 people. Its acclaimed education program introduces international, independent and documentary cinema and media literacy to more than 15,000 teachers and students and presents over 100 classes and workshops annually. Through Filmmaker360, the Film Society’s filmmaker services program, essential creative and business services, and funding totaling millions of dollars, are provided to deserving filmmakers of all levels.
The Film Society seeks to elevate all aspects of film culture, offering a wide range of activities that engage emotions, inspire action, change perceptions and advance knowledge. A 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, it is largely donor and member supported. Patronage and membership provides discounted prices, access to grants and residencies, private events and a wealth of other benefits.
For more information visit sffs.org.
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Film editors often face challenges that go beyond the creative issues involved in shaping a film. The politics of the cutting room can have a huge effect on the success or failure of any movie, from indie projects to star-driven blockbusters. Clayton will lead a discussion about the tensions and triumphs—and occasional disasters—that occur on the road to locking a final cut and show excerpts from his work on Drugstore Cowboy, Buffalo 66, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and many others.
Master Class Tickets $25 for SFFS members, $35 general. Box office now open online at sffs.org.
For more information visit sffs.org.
For interviews, photos and press materials contact hhart@sffs.org.
Behind the Scenes: The Art and Craft of Cinema with Curtiss Clayton also includes two days of programs at the Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Wednesday, June 20 at 7:00 pm Clayton will give a special lecture on the art and craft of film editing, illustrating them with sequences from Van Sant’s To Die For (USA 1995), starring Nicole Kidman and Matt Dillon. Clayton will conclude his talk with a question-and-answer session with the audience followed by a screening of To Die For, Friday, June 22 at 7:00 pm Clayton will introduce his directorial debut, Rick (USA 2003), a stark satire about greed and ambition written by Daniel Handler, as well as a very special work-in-progress screening at 9:20 pm of his newest editing effort, Carter’s Maladies (USA 2012), starring James Franco as a soap opera star who retires at a young age due to a mental illness. For information about the PFA programs visit bampfa.berkeley.edu.
Prior Behind the Scenes participants are costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis, composer Mark Isham, animator John Musker, art director Patricia Woodbridge, special effects creator Phil Tippett and producer Sid Ganis.
Behind the Scenes: The Art and Craft of Cinema is presented in partnership with Pacific Film Archive/Berkeley Art Museum with major support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
More upcoming San Francisco Film Society programs
Through May 17: Here
Opening May 11: Michael
Opening May 18: Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle and Le Rayon Vert (Summer)
Opening May 25: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Opening June 1: Hide Away Chris Eyre’s quietly contemplative, deliberately paced tale of mourning, renewal and redemption.
June 2 only: An Evening of Wholphin Love Shorts from the latest issue of Wholphin, plus preview of the next.
Eight consecutive Saturdays June 2 - July 21: The Story of Film: An Odyssey An extraordinary 15-hour television series—comprehensive, yet idiosyncratic—packed with luscious film clips and judicious interviews.
Opening June 8: The Wages of Fear New 35 mm print of one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and the winner of the 1953 Cannes Palme d’Or.
San Francisco Film Society
Building on a legacy of more than 50 years of bringing the best in world cinema to the Bay Area, the San Francisco Film Society is a national leader in exhibition, education and filmmaker services.
The Film Society presents 365 days of exhibition each year, reaching a total audience of 130,000 people. Its acclaimed education program introduces international, independent and documentary cinema and media literacy to more than 15,000 teachers and students and presents over 100 classes and workshops annually. Through Filmmaker360, the Film Society’s filmmaker services program, essential creative and business services, and funding totaling millions of dollars, are provided to deserving filmmakers of all levels.
The Film Society seeks to elevate all aspects of film culture, offering a wide range of activities that engage emotions, inspire action, change perceptions and advance knowledge. A 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, it is largely donor and member supported. Patronage and membership provides discounted prices, access to grants and residencies, private events and a wealth of other benefits.
For more information visit sffs.org.
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