Last year veteran spot editor Dan Swietlik won the American Cinema Editors' Award for best editing of a documentary for An Inconvenient Truth. It was his first time editing a documentary. His second venture into the doc realm cutting Michael Moore’s compelling documentary SiCKO has earned him a nomination for another ACE Award for best-edited doc. We spoke with Swietlik about editing the film and how it differed from that on An Inconvenient Truth.
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Comments (3) for "Q&A: Editor Dan Swietlik, SiCKO"
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Neither "Sicko", or "An Inconvenient Truth" are documentaries. But, they were entertaining...to say the least. Micheal Moore is a movie maker, not a documentarian....Al Gore isn't a scientist either....
Posted by Kevin on Friday, February 8, 2008 @ 03:54 PM
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Great piece on a great editor. Just want to make sure that Inconvenient Truth co-editor Jay Cassidy gets props too, for sharing last year's ACE Award with Mr. Swietlik. He's keynoting at NAB this year to talk about his recent film, "Into the Wild," which earned him an Academy Award nomination this year.
Posted by julie miller on Friday, February 8, 2008 @ 03:59 PM
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I would agree that "An Inconvenient Truth" isn't really a documentary more than it is just a very specifc history lesson.. but "Sicko?" Definitely a documentary. Many docs take a specific side on an issue. Ever seen anything by Robert Greenwald? That's part of what makes docs great. Someone else can always take up the opposite position and make their own!
Posted by Scott on Saturday, February 9, 2008 @ 09:46 AM
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