20 Great Movies That Revolutionized Film Editing
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Editing is one of the most important steps in any filmmaking process, and yet, if it is done well, it will often be ignored. Hollywood taught us that a good montage was “invisible,” impossible to notice.
These 20 examples defied the idea of montage as a passive construction and instead developed techniques to make this aspect not only visible, but emotionally impactful. From mastering old techniques to bringing “mistakes” purposely to a scene, editing has developed and enlarged its codes through time. In chronological order, here are 20 revolutionary works in film editing.
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The Great Train Robbery
1903, in 11 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
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Meshes of the Afternoon
1943, in 10 top lists Check -
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Rope
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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Dog Star Man
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La jetée
1962 — a.k.a. La Jetée, in 19 top lists Check -
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Jules et Jim
1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check -
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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check -
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Bonnie and Clyde
1967, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
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Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
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Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
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Se7en
1995, in 29 top lists Check -
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to...
2004, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 10, 2018; source