Profile of an Editor

Here's a link to a story on CNN.com about editor Kevin Tent, an Oscar nominee this year for his work on "The Descendants." The article features some insightful observations of the editing process, including this quote: "editing is the last rewriting process . . . you bring elements to [the film] and can manipulate it in ways that weren't thought of in the inception."

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/24/showbiz/movies/oscars-kevin-tent/index.html