Remarkably Bright Creatures

Remarkably Bright Creatures

From Art of the Cut by Steve Hullfish, ACE

May 14, 2026 · 49 min · Season 20 · Episode 13

About this episode

In this episode, editor Tamara Meem discusses her work on 'Remarkably Bright Creatures' and the art of film editing.

Today on Art of the Cut, we speak with Tamara Meem, editor of Remarkably Bright Creatures , now on Netflix. In addition to Tamara’s work on Remarkably Bright Creatures , she also edited Wander Darkly, First Match, The Sound of My Voice , and the TV series, The Decameron , and The Last Thing He Told Me . Tamara lives in Los Angeles, but is from Australia. Our discussion today is about how story is structure, the ability of montage to mine the gold of deleted scenes, and the power of holding on a great performance. If you want to read along with this podcast and see images from the film, and post, like the timeline screenshot, go to the BorisFX.com blog site. Borisfx.com/blog/aotc

People in this episode

Host: Steve Hullfish

Guest: Tamara Meem

Topics covered

  • editing
  • film structure
  • montage
  • performance
  • Netflix

Keywords

  • editing
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures
  • Tamara Meem
  • film
  • montage
  • performance
  • Netflix

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BorisFX

Books & works: Remarkably Bright Creatures, Wander Darkly, First Match, The Sound of My Voice, The Decameron, The Last Thing He Told Me

Places: Los Angeles, Australia

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