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BLUE MOON

Dec 18, 2025
43 mins

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Episode Description

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Oscar-nominated editor, Sandra Adair, ACE, about the Richard Linklater film, Blue Moon.

Sandra was last on Art of the Cut for her last collaboration with Linklater, Hit Man. Before that we spoke about her film Where’d you Go, Bernadette. She was nominated for an ACE Eddie for her work on School of Rock. And she was nominated for an Oscar and won an ACE Eddie for her work on Boyhood. Her other work includes Dazed and Confused, A Scanner Darkly, and Bernie.

In this interview Sandra discusses the secrets to editing overlapping dialogue, the importance of eye-lines, and the value of having a long history editing an actor.

You can read along with this interview audio on the BorisFX website and see trailers, clips, exclusive photos and timeline screenshots. Go to:

borisfx.com/blog/aotc

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