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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - Dead Reckoning

Art of the Cut

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How to Edit a Four Hour Movie

"You always have to leave the audience wanting more throughout the movie," says director Tom Cruise. "The art of editing is compressing the maximum amount of story in the shortest possible time, especially with modern audiences" The original 1986 Top Gun and our 2022 Top Gun Maverick are much tighter in terms of editing.

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