title: The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
text: # The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
  
  The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing is a 2004 documentary film directed by filmmaker Wendy Apple. The film is about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
  
  ## Cast
  
  Every actor, editor and director (listed alphabetically below) appears as themselves, with Bates as the narrator.
  
  * Kathy Bates
  * James Cameron
  * Rob Cohen
  * Wes Craven
  * Jodie Foster
  * Antony Gibbs
  * Mark Goldblatt
  * George Lucas
  * Sally Menke
  * Anthony Minghella
  * Walter Murch
  * Sean Penn
  * Thelma Schoonmaker
  * Martin Scorsese
  * Steven Spielberg
  * Zach Staenberg
  * Quentin Tarantino
  * Michael Tronick
  
  ## Films examined
  
  * Life of an American Fireman (1903)
  * The Great Train Robbery (1903)
  * The Birth of a Nation (1915)
  * Battleship Potemkin (1925)
  * Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
  * Triumph of the Will (1935)
  * The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  * Vertigo (1958)
  * Psycho (1960)
  * Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  * Bullitt (1968)
  * Easy Rider (1969)
  * The French Connection (1971)
  * Lenny (1974)
  * Jaws (1975)
  * The Last Tycoon (1976)
  * Apocalypse Now (1979)
  * Raging Bull (1980)
  * Body Heat (1981)
  * Places in the Heart (1984)
  * The Untouchables (1987)
  * The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  * Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  * JFK (1991)
  * Grand Canyon (1991)
  * Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  * Basic Instinct (1992)
  * The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
  * Pulp Fiction (1994)
  * Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
  * Home for the Holidays (1995)
  * Scream (1996)
  * Dante's Peak (1997)
  * Titanic (1997)
  * Starship Troopers (1997)
  * Kundun (1997)
  * Out of Sight (1998)
  * Election (1999)
  * Sleepy Hollow (2000)
  * Gladiator (2000)
  * The Pledge (2001)
  * The Fast and the Furious (2001)
  * XXX (2002)
  * The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
  