oscar_merkx
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The following is a link from today's UK Guardian about Harvey Weinstein and Martin Scorsese with regards to having Final Cut over Gangs of New York
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/...690408,00.html
Here is part of it
The incredible media, audience and industry interest in Gangs of New York is perfectly understandable. There is always huge anticipation for a project by Martin Scorsese, one of the great directors of all time, especially one featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz, filmed on a two-mile-long recreation of 1860s downtown New York City, set in one of the most challenging times in American history (the 1863 draft riots), and which Marty has been working on for more than 25 years.
Unfortunately, a series of recent articles and columns about the film have focused on an alleged "brawl" between Marty and me, while failing to tell the real story - the miracle that this movie was even made at all. So I want to provide some context to the real challenges in completing this project, and explain how making it has become one of the highlights of my career.
My first experience with Marty came during the production of The Grifters, which Miramax co-financed, Marty and Barbara De Fina produced, and Stephen Frears directed. (I have just completed Dirty Pretty Things with Frears, you can ask him what it was like working with me.) I learned so much watching Marty in the editing room, where his input was invaluable to the film.
This is chilling stuff
Oscar Merkx
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/...690408,00.html
Here is part of it
The incredible media, audience and industry interest in Gangs of New York is perfectly understandable. There is always huge anticipation for a project by Martin Scorsese, one of the great directors of all time, especially one featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz, filmed on a two-mile-long recreation of 1860s downtown New York City, set in one of the most challenging times in American history (the 1863 draft riots), and which Marty has been working on for more than 25 years.
Unfortunately, a series of recent articles and columns about the film have focused on an alleged "brawl" between Marty and me, while failing to tell the real story - the miracle that this movie was even made at all. So I want to provide some context to the real challenges in completing this project, and explain how making it has become one of the highlights of my career.
My first experience with Marty came during the production of The Grifters, which Miramax co-financed, Marty and Barbara De Fina produced, and Stephen Frears directed. (I have just completed Dirty Pretty Things with Frears, you can ask him what it was like working with me.) I learned so much watching Marty in the editing room, where his input was invaluable to the film.
This is chilling stuff
Oscar Merkx