Veteran editor Bill Cramer has joined New York-based postproduction boutique Northern Lights. His experience spans commercials, network promos, co-branded and content assignments, with a keen sensibility for comedy/dialogue driven projects. Cramer comes to Northern Lights from a 20-year tenure at Crew Cuts. His diverse client list includes BBDO, Publicis, Grey, USA, MSNBC, Nickelodeon Creative Advertising, and ESPN. Cramer has also collaborated with directors such as Andrews Jenkins, Greg Bell, Phil Joanou, and Chris Hooper.
“I like comedy/dialogue editing best, especially the challenge of crafting the funniest story possible,” says Cramer. “It’s super satisfying to take a concept and make it more memorable or more moving than expected. I am also a former DJ who loves music and collects way too many vinyl records.”
Bill studied at Florida State University Film School, with a double major in creative writing and film. Shortly after arriving in New York City, Cramer landed a job as an assistant editor at Crew Cuts, eventually working his way up to editor. While there he won Silver Lion at Cannes for his work on Showbound Naturals dog food, and a Gold Promax/BDA award for a Law & Order campaign he cut for Cloo.
Northern Lights EP Robin Hall noted, “I’ve known Bill for years. He’s disciplined, creative, passionate, dedicated to his craft and to making every project a success. It’s been exciting to watch his career develop from afar. It’s even more exciting now that he’s joined us here at Northern Lights.”
Review: Writer-Director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance”
In its first two hours, "The Substance" is a well-made, entertaining movie. Writer-director Coralie Fargeat treats audiences to a heavy dose of biting social commentary on ageism and sexism in Hollywood, with a spoonful of sugar- and sparkle-doused body horror.
But the film's deliciously unhinged, blood-soaked and inevitably polarizing third act is what makes it unforgettable.
What begins as a dread-inducing but still relatively palatable sci-fi flick spirals deeper into absurdism and violence, eventually erupting — quite literally — into a full-blown monster movie. Let the viewer decide who the monster is.
Fargeat — who won best screenplay at this year's Cannes Film Festival — has been vocal about her reverence for "The Fly" director David Cronenberg, and fans of the godfather of body horror will see his unmistakable influence. But "The Substance" is also wholly unique and benefits from Fargeat's perspective, which, according to the French filmmaker, has involved extensive grappling with her own relationship to her body and society's scrutiny.
"The Substance" tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a famed aerobics instructor with a televised show, played by a powerfully vulnerable Demi Moore. Sparkle is fired on her 50th birthday by a ruthless executive — a perfectly cast Dennis Quaid, who nails sleazy and gross.
Feeling rejected by a town that once loved her and despairing over her bygone star power, Sparkle learns from a handsome young nurse about a black-market drug that promises to create a "younger, more beautiful, more perfect" version of its user. Though she initially tosses the phone number in the trash, she soon fishes it out in a desperate panic and places an order.
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