Schoonmaker, sitting on a couch on an otherwise bare stage, had a floor to ceiling screen behind her (and the ceilings were very high). Powell and Pressburger, Color & Black and White The line was for a festival screening, ironically enough of a new boxing documentary, Champs. As I made my way to my seat, though, I wondered if anyone in the other line knew that just a few feet away, one of the best boxing movies ever made was being broken down by one of its architects. No doubt, I thought, they are here for the panel with Scorsese's long-time collaborator, Thelma Schoonmaker. When I arrived at the SVA Theater on 23rd Street in New York, there was a long line outside. Click through for a breakdown as well as some other inside tips from the artist who helped bring this masterful vision to the big screen. What we in the audience got was a granular breakdown of the editing and film techniques, as well as other production information, about the painstaking work that went into making Raging Bull, consistently voted one of the Best Films of the 1980s. On Friday, as part of the Tribeca Film Festival, Martin Scorsese's longtime editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, sat down to discuss what was advertised as a look at her career.
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