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OBITUARY: SALLY MENKE, A.C.E.

post #1 of 22
9/28/10 at 12:20pm
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Veteran editor Sally Menke has passed away.

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post #2 of 22
9/28/10 at 12:30pm
Worst goddamn news. Some jackass offing himself at UT campus is going to get all the press today, but this is the real tragedy.
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post #3 of 22
9/28/10 at 12:30pm
Awful news. What an artistic loss for filmgoers and her film collaborators.
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post #4 of 22
9/28/10 at 1:00pm
It's mostly for selfish reasons but this really sucks.
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post #5 of 22
9/28/10 at 1:06pm
For reasons both selfish (film geek) and non-selfish (film geek feeling for a beloved artist losing someone close) this is horrible.

A truly talented and (outside of our little world that actually pays attention to these things) horribly unsung hero of modern cinema.
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post #6 of 22
9/28/10 at 1:16pm
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Originally Posted by stelios View Post
It's mostly for selfish reasons but this really sucks.
I hear ya. The selfish side in me worries that this might be what finally causes Tarantino to retire like he's been threatening for years.
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post #7 of 22
9/28/10 at 1:31pm
Yeah, Tarantino's never making another movie again.

This is really sad, she sounded like a wonderful woman, in the movie-world and otherwise.
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post #8 of 22
9/28/10 at 1:38pm
Just awful, awful news. I'm going to fire up my Inglourious Basterds blu ray tonight and marvel at her wonderful work.
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post #9 of 22
9/28/10 at 1:43pm
Goddamn it. By all accounts a wonderful woman, and a fantastic editor for some of my most favorite films. Awful, awful news.
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post #10 of 22
9/28/10 at 2:20pm
Crap, this is awful news. Her work in Tarantino's films was one of my chief influences in wanting to work with video for a living.
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post #11 of 22
9/28/10 at 2:21pm
Just thought I'd chime in with an expression of sadness and deep sympathy for the loss of this remarkable woman. I don't think I have ever seen a picture of her before. She was really quite pretty. *sigh*
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post #12 of 22
9/28/10 at 3:16pm
Women really do make the best editors, don't they... Menke, Thelma Schoonmaker, Verna Fields...

A terrible loss for us all. My heart goes out to her family and friends.
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post #13 of 22
9/28/10 at 3:17pm
Ebert posted a really touching video with QT about Sally and Death Proof.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/qt-p...-sally-me.html
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post #14 of 22
9/28/10 at 3:27pm
As a young editor myself, Sally Menke is one of the first Editors I knew by name because I was so excited by her work...

This really really sucks, that is about all I can say right now.
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post #15 of 22
9/28/10 at 3:37pm
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Originally Posted by Zollicoffer View Post
Ebert posted a really touching video with QT about Sally and Death Proof.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/qt-p...-sally-me.html
That and the one for IB are in the article.
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post #16 of 22
9/28/10 at 3:39pm
Terrible news. Condolences to her loved ones. I can't imagine what's going through Quentin's mind right now.
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post #17 of 22
9/28/10 at 3:57pm
Bye Sally.
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post #18 of 22
9/28/10 at 3:58pm
When most people talk about editors, action scenes are usually the first things brought up, but she really was a master a cutting dialogue scenes. There are so many great subtle cuts in Walken's Gold Watch speech, the conversation between Forster and Grier about aging in "Jackie Brown", and of course, the scenes in "Ingorious Basterds" (the opener and the German basement) where words build up the tension better most explosions/shootouts.
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post #19 of 22
9/28/10 at 5:26pm
I didn't know who this person was till today, but all the same they clearly had a big role in Tarantino's cinema and I'm sad to learn of their passing. HUFFPO had a story today about the 113 degree temperatures in LA, scary stuff.
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post #20 of 22
9/28/10 at 6:37pm
Always sad to see someone that young go let alone someone as talented. It will be interesting on where QTs career goes without her.
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post #21 of 22
9/29/10 at 11:09pm
We were studying her style just last week in our Editing class, and today our professor showed us some Kill Bill clips to cement the day's lesson. He said he usually used a different movie, but in honor of Menke he decided to use some of her work.
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post #22 of 22
9/29/10 at 11:45pm
Nicely done Renn. A very sad loss for lovers of film.
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