Lawrence Walker, who publishes the blog “A Better Nation” has posted his own list of his favorite films, commenting on the same Time Magazine top 100 list that I commented on last week.
This list is almost exclusively of Hollywood movies and includes films like FANTASIA, as well as SINGIN IN THE RAIN and THE GODFATHER(S).
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He is a long-time film, television and music editor (HEATHERS, THE COTTON CLUB, SOPHIE’S CHOICE, Oliver Stone’s WILD PALMS), and is Associate Professor and Head of the Editing Track at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. He is an author of nearly 100 articles and his internationally translated book, THE FILM EDITING ROOM HANDBOOK, has just been published in a fourth edition. His previous book, THE LEAN FORWARD MOMENT, also from Peachpit Press/Pearson, has been attracting great reviews worldwide.
He has taught worldwide, including several workshops for the Royal Film Commission in Jordan. He has taught at the Sundance Film Festival, and consults and speaks at major corporations such as Dreamworks Pictures, Pixar Animation, Forbes and the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has worked as an expert witness in legal cases involving the aesthetics or history of editing, and is partner in an Internet development firm. He presently editing two documentaries.
He can be reached at norman@normanhollyn.com.
Greetings Norman, and thanks for visiting my “Friday Night at the Movies” post. The Time critics said they intentionally made their list sort of quirky. My post includes two lists – one of strictly ‘consensus great American films’ (top 30+) and one of my more personal favorites/especially intriguing movies (25+). In my consensus list, I was trying to rule out quirky – to settle on about three-four dozen films almost every comprehensive list would include as American greats.
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