Larry Silk: Using the Mystery of What Comes Next

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For those familiar with documentary film and television history, Lawrence Silk, A.C.E., known to friends and colleagues as Larry, is a legend. When he took an editing job at National Geographic, producer Pam Hogan wrote a memorandum to the entire company that began, “You may know by now that we have a renowned documentary filmmaker temporarily in our midst: acclaimed film editor Larry Silk...” So that her production team would appreciate the historical significance of Silk’s work, Hogan set up a screening of several films he’d edited, and invited him to discuss them with her and the team. ...

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