“KILL the editor? Are we allowed to even think that? The thought may understandably occur after an editor has molested one’s perfect prose … or, in the case of Desert Ensemble Theatre’s latest production, one’s flawless film work.
Hmm … no, I hate to admit it, but my editor here at the Independent always (OK, ALMOST always) improves my work. However, it seems that filmmakers may feel differently about their film editors!
Produced by Shawn Abramowitz and Jerome Elliott Moskowitz, the executive director and artistic director, respectively, of DET, Kill the Editor—now playing at the Palm Springs Cultural Center—is a hard and sometimes hilarious look at the editing process of a documentary-style movie…”
