Quotes: Abel Ferrara

That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you. Abel Ferrara 

I find this quote by Abel Ferrara interesting in the way that it is stating that an edit is never finished to the film maker's vision. If a film maker attempted to make their edit to the perfection of the image in their head then an edit would never be finished. A film maker will only call an edit a wrap due to the restrictions in which they are given by the producer. If a film maker could be given an unlimited time limit on an edit then it would be an ongoing construction that would never see an end. A film maker can only attempt to make the edit as near to perfection as they think possible as they will never be happy that nothing else could be added to the film in order to improve it.