It's rare in a documentary film that you have a repetitive act. So when you do, you can shoot it in different ways so that you have more choices when you're sitting down to edit that sequence six months later.
A lot of the issues of rhythm in film are found in the editing because it's very rare that any sequence is the sequence that is shot.
I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's.
I think I have an obligation, to the people who have consented to be in the film, to make a film that is fair to their experience. The editing of my films is a long and selective process. I do feel that when I cut a sequence, I have an obligation to the people who are in it, to cut it so that it fairly represents what I felt was going on at the time, in the original event. I don't try and cut it to meet the standards of a producer or a network or a television show.
My goal is to make as many films as possible about different aspects of American life.
My job as a film editor is to construct a dramatic narrative because otherwise it's just a chaotic arrangement of sequences.
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