{"id":1971,"date":"2008-07-17T10:42:17","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T09:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2008-07-17T10:42:17","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T09:42:17","slug":"the-montages-of-paul-proulx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/07\/17\/the-montages-of-paul-proulx\/","title":{"rendered":"The Montages of Paul Proulx"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in March I came across a highly impressive montage of the films of Paul Thomas Anderson<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n

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The user-name of the video was barringer82<\/a> and a couple of days ago whilst listening to the FilmCouch podcast<\/a> (which you can subscribe to here<\/a>), I found out more about the creator of this video and other montages of great directors.<\/p>\n

His name is Paul Proulx<\/strong>, he is an editor and back in April he did an interview with Always Watching<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He discusses his background:<\/p>\n

By the time I reached my senior year in college, I was the go-to guy when someone needed an editor. It’s weird how, in film school, everybody branches off into their own specialty areas – and it’s usually not by choice. It’s not like it’s always been my dream to be an editor.<\/p>\n

After I graduated, I spent a year shooting and cutting my own stuff; doing all the stuff I couldn’t do before because school got in the way.<\/p>\n

Once I got a decent demo together, I began looking for a job. Thing is, people don’t put out ads for writer\/directors – the best someone in my position can do is finding editing jobs – and there are quite a few (though many of them are for porn sites).<\/p>\n

I’ve been getting by as a freelance editor for the past year – doing most of my work for a pop culture website called sly-fi.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And how he got in to doing montages:<\/p>\n

As I’m thinking of it, I started doing this when I was 12 – I used to cut Queen songs together using audio cassettes. I was always fascinated by the quick little music montages radio stations play to give a sense of their genre. But I guess more than that, it was the Oscar montages.<\/p>\n

People complain there are too many of them during any given telecast – I wish the whole ceremony were those. (Anyone who loves them as much as I, I suggest you seek out the 69th Oscar opener).<\/p>\n

But the first video I did was a Scorsese tribute. Apart from being one of my favorites, he shoots his movies in a way that is both specific and open to edits – they simply gel together in way no one else’s pictures do. But<\/p>\n

I think the real reason I actually sat down and DID IT was because, plainly I had nothing else I could do. Unfortunately, I don’t have actors, money, or locations. I do have editing software and DVDs. Lots of DVDs. So, if I had nothing to shoot, why not cut some of the best existing footage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out his montages of Martin Scorcese<\/a>, Michael Mann<\/a> and Stanley Kubrick<\/a> – if you aren’t familiar with their work, they are fine introductions.<\/p>\n

He has also recently done a clever compilation of clips from his 100 favourite films:<\/p>\n

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See how many of the films you can name.<\/p>\n

> More Paul Proulx videos at YouTube<\/a>
\n> Paul Proulx interviewed at Always Watching
\n<\/a> > Find out more about Paul Thomas Anderson<\/a>, Martin Scorcese<\/a>, Stanley Kubrick<\/a> and Michael Mann<\/a> at Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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