Some shocking and unhappy news for anyone who loves Quentin Tarantino’s work arrived out of Los Angeles today: Sally Menke, his great friend, and the woman who edited all of his films from Reservoir Dogs to last year’s Inglourious Basterds, has been found dead at the age of 56. Menke, who started her professional career editing the Griffin Dunne starrer Cold Feet in 1983 and, oddly, the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie in 1990, first met Tarantino when he was looking for an editor to work on Dogs. His main requirement was that whoever got the job would work cheap, but the pair clicked instantly as creative soulmates."We don't work at the studios. Quentin insists on renting little private houses in La and converting them into edit suites for the duration,” she told Purple Revolver about their collaborations. "It's very civilised and enabled me to work through both my pregnancies – yes,...
- 9/28/2010
- EmpireOnline
Sally Menke, an Oscar-nominated film editor who worked on every Quentin Tarantino movie, was found dead Tuesday along a Griffith Park trail where she went hiking during a record heat wave. She was 56.
Menke, the wife of Oscar-winning director Dean Parisot, edited every Tarantino pic from "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) to last year's "In¬glourious Basterds," which earned her an Oscar nomination. She also received a nom for "Pulp Fiction" (1994).
Investigators suspect she died of hyperthermia Monday, when downtown Los Angeles was on its way to a record high of 113, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Fred Corral said. An autopsy is planned for Wednesday.
A Friars Club Roast of Tarantino, scheduled for Friday in New York with Samuel L. Jackson as roast master, was postponed. The director met with executives, "and it was immediately decided, out of respect for the sad loss, to postpone the roast," a Friars spokesman told The Hollywood Reporter.
Menke, the wife of Oscar-winning director Dean Parisot, edited every Tarantino pic from "Reservoir Dogs" (1992) to last year's "In¬glourious Basterds," which earned her an Oscar nomination. She also received a nom for "Pulp Fiction" (1994).
Investigators suspect she died of hyperthermia Monday, when downtown Los Angeles was on its way to a record high of 113, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Fred Corral said. An autopsy is planned for Wednesday.
A Friars Club Roast of Tarantino, scheduled for Friday in New York with Samuel L. Jackson as roast master, was postponed. The director met with executives, "and it was immediately decided, out of respect for the sad loss, to postpone the roast," a Friars spokesman told The Hollywood Reporter.
- 9/28/2010
- by By Georg Szalai and Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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