Ralph Rosenblum

Infobox Actor
name = Ralph Rosenblum


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birthdate = Birth date|1925|10|13
birthplace = Brooklyn
deathdate = Death date|1995|9|6
deathplace = Manhattan
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occupation = film editor
imdb_id = 0742471
baftaawards = Best Editing 1977 "Annie Hall"

Ralph Rosenblum (October 13, 1925 – September 6, 1995) was a renowned film editor who worked extensively with the directors Sidney Lumet and Woody Allen. He won the 1977 BAFTA Award for Best Editing for his work on "Annie Hall", and published an influential memoir "When the Shooting Stops, the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor's Story".cite book |last=Rosenblum |first=Ralph |authorlink= |coauthors=Karen, Robert |others= |title=When the Shooting Stops, the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor's Story |year=1979 |publisher=Viking Adult|location=New York |id=ISBN 978-0670759910]

Towards the end of the Second World War, Rosenblum worked as a filmmaking apprentice in the U. S. Office of War Information; among his mentors there were Sidney Meyers and Helen van Dongen.Miller, Loren (undated). [http://www.webcitation.org/5W3uJyKmv "Remembering Ralph Rosenblum,"] webpage archived at WebCite from [http://lormiller.home.mindspring.com/Pages/NEO_021.html this original URL] on 2008-03-02.] Following the war he became van Dongen's assistant editing Robert Flaherty's film "Louisiana Story" (1948). Much of Rosenblum's work in the 1950s and early 1960s was in television; he worked on shows such as "The Search", "Omnibus", "The Guy Lombardo Show", and "The Patty Duke Show". With Sid Katz and Gene Milford, he formed a company, MKR Films, that provided editorial services for television shows, spots, and corporate films.Gallagher, John A. (2000). [http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-Po-Ro/Rosenblum-Ralph.html "Ralph Rosenblum,"] in Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast (editors), "International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers, Edition 4" (St. James Press), ISBN 978-1558624498. Online version of article retrieved December 24, 2007.]

In the 1960s, Rosenblum edited five films directed by Sidney Lumet, starting with "Long Day's Journey into Night" (1962). These films, which were all serious dramas, were very important to Rosenblum's career; as John Gallagher has noted,quote|"Fail-Safe" and "The Pawnbroker" demonstrated Rosenblum's editorial finesse. The montage ending of "Fail Safe", depicting the last few moments of life on earth, and the use of concentration camp flashbacks in "The Pawnbroker", brought Rosenblum his first industry recognition.

Paul Monaco has summarized Rosenblum's editing innovations on "The Pawnbroker", as well as their influence, as follows, "In his work on "The Pawnbroker", Rosenblum imitated devices from several French films of the previous decade, but he also extended them. Like Dede Allen, Rosenblum broke editing conventions and rules. More importantly, and like her also, his innovations shifted editing away from its traditional reliance on telling a story to the creation of a new and penetrating subjectivity in the feature film." [Monaco, Paul (2003). [http://books.google.com/books?id=WG97toYUqagC "The Sixties"] , Vol. 8 of the "History of the American Cinema", Charles Harpole, general editor (University of California Press, ISBN 978-0520238046), pp. 92-94.]

In 1966, Rosenblum was nominated for an American Cinema Editors "Eddie" award (Best Editing of a Feature Film) for "A Thousand Clowns" (1965), which was directed by Fred Coe.

In 1968, Rosenblum was hired as an "editorial consultant" to help a young Woody Allen hone a large amount of footage into what became Allen's first film, the mockumentary "Take the Money and Run". Rosenblum went on to edit the next five of Allen's films, including "Annie Hall", for which he won the 1977 BAFTA Award for Best Editing (with Wendy Greene Bricmont). "Interiors" (1978) was Rosenblum's last film with Allen. Rosenblum declined to edit Allen's 1979 film, "Manhattan". Susan E. Morse, who had been Rosenblum's assistant editor on several of Allen's films, became his successor and edited Allen's films for the ensuing twenty years.

In 1979, Rosenblum published a book written with Robert Karen, "When the Shooting Stops, the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor's Story". Gallagher described the importance of this book as follows:

Rosenblum worked as a director for about five years, commencing with the documentary film "Acting Out" (1980). His films included "Summer Solstice" (1981), which was made for television and which was actor Henry Fonda's last film.

Rosenblum taught film and film editing at Columbia University for a number of years until his death in 1995. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DF143EF93BA3575AC0A963958260 "Ralph Rosenblum, Film Editor, 69,"] "New York Times" obituary published Sept. 8, 1995. Online version retrieved December 6, 2007.]

elected filmography (editor)

*"Long Day's Journey into Night" (directed by Sidney Lumet - 1962)
*"Fail-Safe" (Sidney Lumet - 1964)
*"The Pawnbroker" (Sidney Lumet - 1965)
*"A Thousand Clowns" (directed by Fred Coe - 1965)
*"The Group" (Sidney Lumet - 1966)
*"The Producers" (directed by Mel Brooks-1968)
*"The Night They Raided Minsky's" (directed by William Friedkin - 1968)
*"Goodbye, Columbus" (directed by Larry Peerce - 1969)
*"Take the Money and Run" (directed by Woody Allen - 1969) (as Editorial Consultant)
*"Bananas" (Woody Allen - 1971)
*"Sleeper" (Woody Allen - 1973)
*"Love and Death" (Woody Allen - 1975)
*"Annie Hall" (Woody Allen - 1977)
*"Interiors" (Woody Allen - 1978)

References and external links

*imdb name|id=0742471|name=Ralph Rosenblum

Persondata
NAME= Rosenblum, Ralph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= film editor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1925-10-13
PLACE OF BIRTH= Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH= 1995-09-06
PLACE OF DEATH= Manhattan