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Beyond The Semicolon

Beyond The Semicolon

In the latest installment of the Creative Workflow series: a tribute to the transformative power of a great editor.

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Jan 25, 2023
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A few weeks ago, Sony Pictures Classics launched an old-fashioned theatrical run of a documentary film called Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and and Robert Gottlieb, about the fifty-year-long collaboration between the celebrated writer and editor, directed by Gottlieb’s daughter Lizzie, who happens to be one of my oldest friends. The fil…

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