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Final Cut Quotes

What survives when editing decides the ending.

A final cut can mean a finished film, a tense scene, or even a roster decision, and these quotes capture that suspense. Editors and film buffs may also enjoy our Conversation quotes.

'The Conversation' was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I've been using Final Cut or the AVID for 12 years now, so I was interested in looking at this film and seeing...

Quotes by Walter Murch

I re-mastered 'The Conversation' a few years ago for DVD. 'The Conversation' was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I've been using Final Cut or the AVID for 12 years now, so...

Quotes by Walter Murch

How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our...

Quotes by Valerie Plame

When I first went to Stevens Point, I never thought I'd ever be close to the NBA. I didn't even think about the NBA. The big start for me was making it to the final cut for the Olympic team,...

Quotes by Terry Porter

Always Quotes

They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.'

Quotes by Mira Nair

I was briefly in the original version of 'Tombstone,' but I didn't make the final cut because that movie went through a couple of different permutations.

Quotes by Joshua Jackson

I love doing this day, and George was exactly as he's always been, very calm and very gentle, and if I'm in the final cut in the summer theater, I'll be thrilled. If I'm not, well that's the way things...

Quotes by Jeremy Bulloch

But at the same time, never having final cut before, I really learned an interesting thing for any studio executive who is reading this: that if a director has final cut, it's actually easier and more interesting to listen to...

Quotes by Griffin Dunne

I think we were the first picture to cut on Final Cut Pro. So we were the guinea pigs, because we got a deal on the system. But with that comes all sorts of technological problems I couldn't begin to...

Quotes by Griffin Dunne

America Quotes

There are really only a handful of directors who have a final cut clause in Hollywood. You only get that power if you've made a couple of hundred-million-dollar successes.

Quotes by Gillian Armstrong

We always said that directors work their whole lives to get final cut on a movie. We have that. So why would you want to run away from what every other director is sprinting toward their entire careers?

Quotes by Freddie Wong

Perhaps where text slides toward ambiguity, film inclines to specificity. A novel contains as many versions of itself as it has readers, whereas a film's final cut vaporizes every other way it might have been made.

Quotes by David Mitchell

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'final cut' refer to in this quote collection?
It covers both the film-editing sense, the finished version of a movie, and other uses, like making a final roster for an Olympic team.
Which film is mentioned in connection with editing history?
'The Conversation' comes up as the first film edited on a flatbed KEM machine, a memory tied to years of using Final Cut and AVID software since.
Is 'final cut' only about movies here?
No, one quote uses it to describe making an Olympic team roster, showing the phrase applies well beyond filmmaking.
Do any quotes describe watching a finished film?
Yes, one reflects on watching a couple's on-screen marriage falling apart, calling those scenes still difficult to watch even after multiple viewings.
Where can I find more film-related quotes?
Browse our Conversation quotes for more reflections tied to filmmaking.

Looking for more storytelling reflections? Check out Always quotes or America quotes for related picks worth exploring.