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Alex Gibney - Quick Cut

Alex Gibney is the guy behind such great documentaries as "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," "Citizen Kane" and "The Forever Prisoner."  In this CTR Quick Cut episode, Piotr talks with Alex about using editing to tell the story in a documentary and what he looks for in an editor. 

This is a short segment from a longer conversation.
For Piotr and Alex's full conversation head to the Cut To The Point YouTube Channel - https://youtu.be/X9dCr1mQuKQ

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Cut To Reveal is produced and edited by Ricardo Cozzolino and Piotr Toczyński.

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