{"id":96705,"date":"2015-03-11T10:34:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T14:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=96705"},"modified":"2025-11-20T21:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T02:15:26","slug":"from-tales-of-hoffmann-to-taxi-driver-my-interview-with-legendary-editor-thelma-schoonmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=96705","title":{"rendered":"From <i>Tales of Hoffmann<\/i> to <i>Taxi Driver<\/i>: My Interview with Legendary Editor Thelma Schoonmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/primary_thelma_1_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/primary_thelma_1_.jpg\" alt=\"primary_thelma_1_\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/primary_thelma_1_.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/primary_thelma_1_-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/primary_thelma_1_-200x149.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/primary_thelma_1_-400x297.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<i>The Tales of Hoffmann<\/i>, a filmed opera from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, opens in a brand-new 4K restoration <a href=\"http:\/\/filmforum.org\/film\/the-tales-of-hoffmann-film-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at The Film Forum this Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scorsese&#8217;s long-time Oscar-winning editor (and the wife of the late Michael Powell) Thelma Schoonmaker supervised the restoration.<\/p>\n<p>I was so happy to get a chance to talk with her about <i>Tales of Hoffmann<\/i>. She is in Taipei, on location with Scorsese, and we hooked up via transatlantic conference call. I&#8217;ve admired her work forever. It was a true treat to get to speak with her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/interviews\/from-tales-of-hoffmann-to-taxi-driver-an-interview-with-thelma-schoonmaker\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">My interview with Thelma Schoonmaker about <i>The Tales of Hoffmann<\/i>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tales of Hoffmann, a filmed opera from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, opens in a brand-new 4K restoration at The Film Forum this Friday. Scorsese&#8217;s long-time Oscar-winning editor (and the wife of the late Michael Powell) Thelma Schoonmaker supervised &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=96705\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[2546,2116,1508,1994],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96705"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148176,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96705\/revisions\/148176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}