ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with three members of the post team for Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, One Battle After Another. 

Joining us are editor Andy Jurgensen, associate editor, Jay Trautman, and film assistant editor, Andrew Blustain. The film was shot in two different film formats including VistaVision and the film was finished in a variety of formats, leading to a complicated and fascinating post process.

Andy Jurgensen has been on Art of the Cut before for another Paul Thomas Anderson film, Licorice Pizza, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA and an ACE Eddie. Andy was also an assistant editor on Phantom Thread, Bombshell, Trumbo, and Inherent Vice.

Jay Trautman was a Visual Effects Assistant Editor on Dune 2, an assistant editor on Oppenheimer, first assistant editor on Licorice Pizza, and was an assistant editor on The Book of Bobba Fett, Grey’s Anatomy, and House of Cards.

Andrew Blustain was an assistant editor on Tenet, visual effects assistant editor on Dunkirk, an assistant editor on Oppenheimer, and second assistant editor (film) on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Today’s discussion covers the technical details of the film’s VistaVision film production, the importance of creating dynamics, and the calibration of tone necessary to pull of the film’s transitions from dramatic to comic.

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