{"id":9241,"date":"2010-09-29T03:40:25","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T02:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=9241"},"modified":"2010-09-29T03:54:39","modified_gmt":"2010-09-29T02:54:39","slug":"sally-menke-1953-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/09\/29\/sally-menke-1953-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Sally Menke (1953 – 2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Film editor Sally Menke<\/a><\/strong> passed away on Monday at the age of 56.<\/p>\n

Best known for her longtime collaboration with Quentin Tarantino<\/a> she worked on all of his features: Reservoir Dogs (1991), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill Vol I & II (2003-04), Death Proof (2007) and Inglourious Basterds (2009).<\/p>\n

For Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds she received Oscar nominations.<\/p>\n

Here is Tarantino talking about Menke on the DVD for Death Proof, which culminates in a blooper reel where the actors on set say hello to Sally between takes:<\/p>\n

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The tradition was continued for Inglourious Basterds:<\/p>\n

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Although the exact cause of death isn’t yet clear, she had gone hiking in Griffith Park<\/a>, Los Angeles on Monday.<\/p>\n

It was an unusually hot day when temperatures reached 113 degrees and her body was found in the park\u2019s Bronson Canyon<\/a> section.<\/p>\n

The LA Times have more details<\/a> on the circumstances of her death.<\/p>\n

> Sally Menke<\/a> at the IMDb
\n> Collection of tributes and links at MUBi
\n<\/a>> Round table interview with Sally Menke on\u00a0Movie City News\u00a0alongside DP\u00a0Christian Berger\u00a0and editor\u00a0Joan Sobel<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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