Jim Clark's candid biography tells all about the heyday of film editing when glamorous actors and actresses, directors and producers interacted with the film editor to produce some of the best films ever made.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don't hesitate to give this five stars, despite the rather amateurish quality of the writing. This isn't about the writing. It's about a successful, talented, world-weary movie editor considerately passing on a whole career's worth of hard-won wisdom and life experience.
It's all done with such humour and honesty that the less than polished writing style actual seems to add something. How often do you see the movie business through the eyes of anyone but the directors and actors? In this book it's the Editor, the quiet guy who sees everyone's weaknesses, their poor performances, foolish deviations from the plan, and bad scripts.
The title Dream Repairman refers to the work of pouring over the heart-breaking miles of dull, repetitive footage, working with the poor coverage, bad acting, and then doing the impossible - making it work.
It's all done with such humour and honesty that the less than polished writing style actual seems to add something. How often do you see the movie business through the eyes of anyone but the directors and actors? In this book it's the Editor, the quiet guy who sees everyone's weaknesses, their poor performances, foolish deviations from the plan, and bad scripts.
The title Dream Repairman refers to the work of pouring over the heart-breaking miles of dull, repetitive footage, working with the poor coverage, bad acting, and then doing the impossible - making it work.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great read from start to finish. Jim Clark's memoir spans early days as a trainee at Ealing Studios to editing big blockbusters and working with great directors. It contains no-holds-barred revelations of the politics and characters behind the movies and gives a great insight on what it is really like to work on a movie and how it can also affect your personal life. You do not have to be working in the film industry to enjoy this book, I would recommend it to any one interested in cinema.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Old Salt
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Having spent 12 years, firstly as a Film Editor and latterly as a Video Editor, I enjoyed the book a lot. However, unless you have a professional interest and/or a film buff's interest you may be less than impressed I think. As the author says in the Foreword it is not a book to read if you are in search of gossip/anecdotes. There is no scandal - no saucy stories. But as an account of one man's life in the Film industry it is quite interesting. To me though it is not a book that I am likely to re-read. I am sure a couple of hours with the Author over a few pints in the Pub would be quite fascinating. (By the way I am not Rita but Rita's husband. My wife doesn't drink pints.) :>)
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Straightforward and very funny in parts
This is a funny book. Clark, like a lot of old school film editors, appears to be long-suffering, having had a lifetime of staring at hours of junk, all the while being expected... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kennedy
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Useful in parts
The author must have been 80 years old when this book came out. And he's not a professional (or actually any kind of) writer. So one should be forgiving. Read more
Published 14 months ago by MediaMan
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Did not enjoy
I must have missed the point. I found the book flat and containing a lot of repetition - basically, the film was rubbish, I edited it as best I could, everyone involved was... Read more
Published 16 months ago by elene
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