Episode 68 – 'Rachel Getting Married' w/ Editor Tim Squyres - a podcast by Phi Phenonenon

Director Jonathan Demme had the reputation as one of the most humanist filmmakers — meaning his films had the ethos of “no one is evil” and everyone had their reasons. In that regard, Rachel Getting Married might have been his masterpiece of this ethos. On today’s episode, I’m joined by the film’s editor, Tim Squyres, in an episode that double as both a career retrospective and a deep-dive into the film. We talk:

- his second feature as editor being Ang Lee’s first as feature director;
- how he’s since edited every Lee film except one;
- the sequential art origins behind Lee’s Hulk film adaptation;
- the tech specs and future of High Frame Rates.

Also:

- why the freeform shooting of Rachel led to many technical challenges;
- why Demme, like Lee, never gave him notes during shooting;
- his other work with Demme, an adaptation of Ibsen’s A Master Builder;
- and how close Squyres came to editing Demme’s final film, Ricki and the Flash.

Tim Squyres is a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Editing (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Life of Pi). Along with a career-spanning collaboration with director Ang Lee, he’s also edited for Jonathan Demme, Robert Altman, Akiva Goldsman, Angelina Jolie, and Stephen Gaghan. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Rachel Getting Married is available on VOD, digital, and Blu-ray from Sony Pictures.

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