Geraldine Peroni

Geraldine Peroni (July 5, 1953 - August 3, 2004) was an American film editor who was best known for working with Robert Altman.

Biography

Peroni was born in Manhattan, New York CIty and grew up in the borough of Queens.Cite news |title=Geraldine Peroni - Film editor, Altman collaborator |work=Variety |date=2004-08-07 |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117908783.html?categoryid=25&cs=1 |accessdate=2008-03-08] Her notable collaboration with Altman extended over eight films. [Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |title=Geraldine Peroni, 51; Film Editor Worked With Robert Altman |work=New York Times |date=2004-08-07 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E5D8133CF934A3575BC0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink |accessdate=2008-03-08] Altman said of Peroni "I trusted her totally with everything, I was planning on using her in the next film. She and I saw very much the same way — we just read each other so well."

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing and a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for her work on "The Player" (1992).cite web |last=White |first=Rusty |title=Immortalized in Film: August 2004 Film World Obituaries |publisher=einsiders.com |date=2004-08-01 |url=http://einsiders.com/features/columns/aug04obituaries.php |accessdate =2008-03-08] In his obituary, Tony Sloman discussed this film's editing:Cite news|last=Sloman |first=Tony |title=Geraldine Peroni Obituary: Oscar-nominated film editor on 'The Player'|work=The Independent |date=2004-08-31 |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/geraldine-peroni-550379.html |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5aQLxEi3O |archivedate=2008-08-28] quote|"The Player" is a marvellous example of collaborative editing, Peroni matching Altman's tone with exactitude. Early on, a cut from a zoom-in to the gun in Humphrey Bogart's hand on a postcard sent to Tim Robbins is perfectly successively matched with what appears to be a black frame, in which a reveal shows that it's an open drawer in which the postcard has been placed. Another felicitous sequence is the one in the Pasadena police station, where the Robbins character is arraigned as Lyle Lovett swats a fly and Whoopi Goldberg and her associates ridicule Robbins with laughter. This is beautifully edited; well-shot, too, but the rhythm is built in the cutting.

Peroni's work on "Short Cuts" (1993) has been discussed by Krin Gabbard, who wrote, "Altman has invited his audiences to provide connections among scenes that float loosely about each other at the same time that he has benefited from the intelligent choices made by the film's editor Geraldine Peroni."cite book|last=Gabbard |first=Krin |year=1996 |title=Jammin' at the Margins: Jazz and the American Cinema|publisher=University of Chicago Press |page=291 |isbn=0226277887]

She was found dead at her home during her work on "Brokeback Mountain". Her death was ruled a suicide by the New York coroner, a fact disputed by her family.

"The Wire" episode "Back Burners" was dedicated to her memory.

Filmography

The director(s) of each film are listed in parenthesis.
*1990: "Iron & Silk" (Shirley Sun)
*1990: "Vincent & Theo" (Altman)
*1991: "Johnny Suede" (Tom DeCillo)
*1992: "The Player" (Altman)
*1992: "Thank God I'm a Lesbian" (Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert)
*1993: "Short Cuts" (Altman)
*1993: "Prêt-à-Porter" (Altman)
*1996: "Kansas City" (Altman)
*1996: "Michael" (Nora Ephron)
*1998: "The Gingerbread Man" (Altman)
*1999: "Cradle Will Rock" (Tim Robbins)
*1999: "Jesus' Son" (Alison Maclean)
*2000: "The Girl" (Sande Zeig)
*2000: "Dr. T and the Women" (Altman)
*2001: "The Safety of Objects" (Rose Troche)
*2002–2003: "The Wire" (TV)
*2003: "The Company" (Altman)
*2005: "Brokeback Mountain" (Lee)(editing completed by Dylan Tichenor after Peroni's death)

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*imdb name|0674419|name=Geraldine Peroni