As a professional editor, I have a particular soft spot for this category.

Best Film Editing

There is a huge amount of work, dedication and passion that goes into the final edit of a film.  These unseen heroes deserve their time in the spotlight.  There are so many talented editors who have been nominated but didn’t not receive their prize.  This list is dedicated to them.

Here are the Top 10 Best Film Editing Losers:

Million Dollar Baby

Edited by Joel Cox

LOST TO: The Aviator

Apocalypse Now

Edited by Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman

LOST TO: All That Jazz

Die Hard

Edited by Frank J. Urioste & John F. Link

LOST TO: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Pulp Fiction

Edited by Sally Menke

LOST TO: Forrest Gump

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Memento

Edited by Dody Dorn

LOST TO: Black Hawk Down

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Edited by Richard Chew, Lynzee Klingman, Sheldon Kahn

LOST TO: Jaws

The Silence of the Lambs

Edited by Craig McKay

LOST TO: JFK

Seven

Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce

LOST TO: Apollo 13

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District 9

Edited by Julian Clarke

LOST TO: The Hurt Locker

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The Dark Knight

Edited by Lee Smith

LOST TO: Slumdog Millionaire

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I feel like The Prestige tends to get overlooked when you think about Christopher Nolan’s amazing career thus far.

It’s kind of hard to argue as Memento, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and Inception are all incredible films.

Now that Inception has a place on my Blu Ray shelf I decided to go back and watch some of Nolan’s ‘lesser known films’…

That’s a statement isn’t it?

A Christopher Nolan film starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson and Michael Caine is the one that tends to fly under the radar?

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I absolutely loved this film the first time I saw it. I remember clearly buying The Prestige and The Illusionist at the same time and watching them together.  The Illusionist is a solid film as well but The Prestige is such a well crafted and wonderfully paced film.

I loved it EVEN THOUGH I picked up on the big ‘twist’ early on.

Can a film succeed if you figure out the ending?

The Prestige is basically a series of expertly placed story points that lead up to a pretty fantastic reveal in the end.

While I was watching it, a thought occurred to me and in the end I was right.  So there was no shock factor.  No surprise ending.

I basically ruined it for myself.  I hate that.

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Obviously it’s worse when someone ruins a movie for you but I’d rather be surprised.  I wanted to experience the film the way the director intended.

Thankfully,  I wasn’t disappointed.  I didn’t feel let down.

Even as I watched it again, I still felt myself drawn into the story.  After all these years, the tale still holds up well.

I think that’s a testament to Christopher Nolan’s skill as a director.  To create an intriguing film that entertains throughout even with the ending ruined is an achievement in itself.

That’s the beauty of a well crafted story and Nolan is one of the best.