The book reveals how the editor like a magician manipulates his audience by using sleight of hand and seduces them by anticipating their needs and desires. Only then can he create those invisible cuts that grab them and keep them on the edge of their seats. Part One lays out the rules, strategies and techniques as well as the evolution of editing in movie history. Part Two shows the actual work of master editors by using 248 frame grabs individual frames from thirteen famous scenes. Bobbie O'Steen is a writer based in New York City. She developed her passion for movies at an early age, watching her father, film editor Richard Meyer (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, God's Little Acre, Winning.) O'Steen also wrote, Cut to the Chase, her critically acclaimed book on her collaborator and husband of 23 years, legendary film editor Sam O'Steen.
