Some good variety on display this year in the arena of Film Editing, and my top five are:
Argo (William Goldenberg):
The
absorbing opening sequence which brilliantly splices together
archived news footage with meticulously recreated shots is enough to
justify a win here, but Goldenberg's prowess doesn't stop there.
Every comic beat, emotional queue, and tense moment is expertly made.
The
Avengers (Jeffrey Ford,
Lisa Lassek):
Ford
and Lassek do a very judicious job of delivering an even distribution
of all that star power. No camera hogging on their watch! And of the
many two-and-a-half hour movies this year, this one is by far the
fleetest and most exhilarating.
How to Survive a Plague (T. Woody Richman, Tyler H. Walk):
Masterfully sifting through what we can only assume are hundreds of hours of old home video footage, Richman and Walk assemble a powerful chronicle of a community in crisis.
Looper
(Bob Ducsay):
The
action is riveting, wryly humourous, and assembled with dynamic
flare. Duscay does terrific work with jumpy chronology when the
script necessitates it, and employs some interesting crosscutting
when things slow down in the second act.
Zero
Dark Thirty
(William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor)
Even
at a robust 157 min, paring down the surplus of footage into a
self-contained thriller must have been a daunting task. Goldenberg
and Tichenor masterfully command our suspense in several moments, not
the least of which was that exhilarating climax.
Just missed: Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Dark Knight Rises, Flight,
Rust and Bone, Skyfall
Just missed: Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Dark Knight Rises, Flight,
Rust and Bone, Skyfall
