(Paperback)

Sam O'Steen was the editor who helped create some of the important films during the Golden Age of Cinema including "The Graduate", "Chinatown", and "Cool Hand Luke". Here, he aims to offer a behind the scenes look at the art of editing; and talks about working and playing with Hollywood's biggest directors and stars.

(Paperback)

Part one of this work lays out the rules, strategies, and techniques as well as the evolution of editing in movie history. Part two shows the actual work of master editors by using 248 frames from 13 famous scenes.