Arcade Edit has added Josh Hegard to its roster. A Wisconsin native, Hegard credits the boring school assignments and 1990s pop culture of his youth with inspiring him to become an editor. “I learned the power of edit to manipulate an audience at an early age and never really wanted to do anything else,” said Hegard who spent his early adulthood in Milwaukee, Denver, Hawaii and San Francisco, before landing in Los Angeles to pursue his editing career.
Hegard honed his skills while working as a freelance editor, crafting numerous music videos and commercials, in addition to working on scripted TV and films for Sony, Lifetime, MTV and others. His commercial work spans such brands as Nike, Boost Mobile, Perrier, NFL, MLB, Oscar Mayer, Lowe’s and Longchamp. During this time, Hegard’s work garnered numerous awards, including a Cannes Silver Lion and a Daytime Emmy. His most recent endeavors include a spot for Adidas starring Willow Smith.
Damian Stevens, managing partner at Arcade Edit, L.A., cited Heder’s “use of sound design, music and overall editorial timing” as being “what captivates a viewer.”
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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