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Samuel L. Jackson Claims Strange Film Editing May Have Cost Him Academy Award Consideration (deadline.com)

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Samuel L. Jackson believes that excessive editing ruined a performance that was worthy of Oscar consideration. In a new Vulture profile, Jackson said he thought his performance in Joel Schumacher&#…

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[–] Bendavisunlv6@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That’s surprising, since it’s such an important part of the creative work. I would guess that it was relegated to women and undervalued because it probably involved a great deal of manual work back in the day - splicing film and so on. I hope we’re talking about a long time ago, anyway. It’s certainly a recognized role now. The only film editor I know in the business (at Pixar) is a woman, fwiw.

[–] freamon@endlesstalk.org 3 points 1 year ago

involved a great deal of manual work back in the day - splicing film and so on

I think that's the reason, yeah