Our Video Vault column is normally devoted to those films that we love and that we’ve seen dozens and dozens of times. I personally haven’t written one on what is considered to be a classic that I’ve only just watched for the first time recently. Until now that is. Recently it occurred to me that [...]
An In-Depth Analysis of a Chase Sequence in The French Connection, Bullitt & The Lineup
September 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Here’s the third and final part of Jim Emerson‘s video editing masterclass, In the Cut which he has titled, I Left My Heart in My Throat in San Francisco. In this video, Jim uses William Friedkin’s “The French Connection” (1971), Peter Yates’ “Bullitt” (1968) and Don Siegel’s “The Lineup” (1958) to clearly show how editing and [...]




