Fine Cuts: The Art of European Film Editing

9   Meeting the Tavianis

I met Vittorio and Paolo Taviani with Roberto Perpignani during a lunch break at Cine Citta Studios in Rome.

Roberto had told them about my project and they launched immediately into their feelings about editing. I was immediately impressed by the way each of them respected the other when speaking. They never interrupted each other, but when one had finished, the other took up the subject without repeating what the other had said or contradicting his brother. Instead they each took the discussion to a new level as if there was a secret or instinctive dialectic going on between their two minds. It was magical and immediately explained to me why they have been able for more than thirty years to share the direction of their ...