<p>Today on Art of the Cut a discussion of the Oscar-nominated Best Picture, <em>Train Dreams</em> with editor Parker Laramie.</p><p>Parker was the 2025 Winner of the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award at Sundance for the documentary <em>André Is an Idiot</em>. He has also been nominated for 2 Emmys and a Cinema Eye Honors Award for his writing and editing on the non-fiction program, <em>Allen v. Farrow</em>. His other work includes the feature film <em>Sing Sing</em>, and the TV mini-series <em>Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult</em>, among many other projects.</p><p>Our conversation today includes: how a background in documentary editing helps with editing narrative features, creating dynamics by changing structure, and the power … and danger … of a cut to black.</p><p>If you&#39;d like to read along with the podcast and see a trailer, behind the scenes photos, a timeline screenshot of Train Dreams - in Premiere - visit the BorisFX.com blog site</p><p>borisfx.com/blog/aotc</p>