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ART OF THE CUT with Oscar nominee Jay Cassidy, ACE on editing David O. Russell's "Amsterdam"

Art of the Cut

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Silver Linings Playbook

The first cut of that scene was probably twice as long as whatever's on the screen easily and had many other topics discussed within it. When you begin a movie, you like to very quickly establish what the character wants. Part of your investing in the character is your particular judgment of his value about what he wants. In this movie, Bert Berenson, what he is looking for as a character is he's trying to find out why he's never truly experienced love in his life.

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