Today on Art of the Cut, editors Nathan Orloff and Shane Reid discuss editing Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night - a film recounting the chaos just before going LIVE with the first episode of Saturday Night Live.
Nathan Orloff has been on Art of the Cut before, most recently for his work on Deadpool/Wolverine. He also joined us for his previous collaborations with Reitman on Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Ghostbusters: Afterlife He was also on for editing John Wick 4.
*Shane Reid was also on Art of the Cut with Nathan for Deadpool/Wolverine and for *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Shane also edited the Nick Cave documentary, One More Time with Feeling.
Today we’re going to be talking about Reitman’s commitment to his highly choreographed long takes, how there was no temp score because composer Jon Batiste was actually recording the score ON THE SET, and creating the dynamics between chaos and quiet.
If you want to follow along with this interview, you may read it and see exclusive photos and clips and trailers from the movie here:
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