Last night, John Sayles came to our department for a little bit of an editing class. He wrote and directed two of my favourite movies: Eight Men Out and Lonestar. He gave the students in the 3rd year editing class, all of the takes from the opening scene of his new film "Honeydripper", and each student was to cut the scene in their own way.
During the time, he meticulously went through every single version and talked about how each was working, and what he got from it.
It was absolutely fascinating to see how much he could take from the editing of a simple scene, and just how much he really cared about what he was doing.
He spent the time to really look at what each student had done. A natural teacher, Mr. Sayles gave his approach to editing, and also working with actors. He also spoke about how he works within the studio system (mostly as a script doctor), and uses the money he gains to direct the movies he wants to make.
All in all, very informative insight from one of America's great filmmakers.
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