The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
# The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing is a 2004 documentary film directed by filmmaker Wendy Apple. The film is about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

## Cast

Every actor, editor and director (listed alphabetically below) appears as themselves, with Bates as the narrator.

* Kathy Bates
* James Cameron
* Rob Cohen
* Wes Craven
* Jodie Foster
* Antony Gibbs
* Mark Goldblatt
* George Lucas
* Sally Menke
* Anthony Minghella
* Walter Murch
* Sean Penn
* Thelma Schoonmaker
* Martin Scorsese
* Steven Spielberg
* Zach Staenberg
* Quentin Tarantino
* Michael Tronick

## Films examined

* Life of an American Fireman (1903)
* The Great Train Robbery (1903)
* The Birth of a Nation (1915)
* Battleship Potemkin (1925)
* Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
* Triumph of the Will (1935)
* The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
* Vertigo (1958)
* Psycho (1960)
* Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
* Bullitt (1968)
* Easy Rider (1969)
* The French Connection (1971)
* Lenny (1974)
* Jaws (1975)
* The Last Tycoon (1976)
* Apocalypse Now (1979)
* Raging Bull (1980)
* Body Heat (1981)
* Places in the Heart (1984)
* The Untouchables (1987)
* The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
* Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
* JFK (1991)
* Grand Canyon (1991)
* Reservoir Dogs (1992)
* Basic Instinct (1992)
* The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
* Pulp Fiction (1994)
* Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
* Home for the Holidays (1995)
* Scream (1996)
* Dante's Peak (1997)
* Titanic (1997)
* Starship Troopers (1997)
* Kundun (1997)
* Out of Sight (1998)
* Election (1999)
* Sleepy Hollow (2000)
* Gladiator (2000)
* The Pledge (2001)
* The Fast and the Furious (2001)
* XXX (2002)
* The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
