Article for Raindance: Being an editor is tough. We have to work with what we’re given and as such the results we can yield are subject to countless limitations. We are surgeons as much as storytellers, hacking out what we can whilst trying to keep our patient from bleeding to death. But we shouldn’t have to save your film. The ideal for an editor is to approach the film as more of a cosmetic surgeon, where our role is to enhance, improve and tighten. But we don’t often have that luxury… Read more on the Raindance website
http://www.raindance.org/6-ways-film-directors-screw-editors/