When The Editing is Bad on Purpose

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For his new film I’m Thinking of Ending Things director Charlie Kaufman subtly breaks a lot of filmmaking conventions and rules to create an uncomfortable and unsettling atmosphere. In this video essay I analyze the movie’s editing and how Kaufman and his editor use editing to effect the audience.

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THOMAS FLIGHT