The Chicago Sun-Times’ Jim Emerson of the always outstanding Scanners blog has accomplished both with this really terrific video examination of the late Sally Menke’s editing of “Inglourious Basterds.”

Sally Menke, Editor (1953 – 2010) from Jim Emerson on Vimeo.

For more on the murky but extremely vital role of the editor, and Ms. Menkes’ skill at that art and craft, you should definitely read Jim’s original post accompanying this video.