William Boyd talking about editor, Jim Clarke who recently passed away.
They worked together on The Trench.
It's not so much the article that caught my eye but one of the comments.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/ma ... -repairman
Comment...
I didn't know Jim Clarke had died. May he rest in peace.
I synched all the rushes for The Trench, together with my colleague, back in the days of rising at 3.30am to work in a concrete bunker at Twickenham Studios. As we laid down the freshly synched rushes each day to Beta tape, I remember being extremely impressed by a powerful British actor I'd never heard of before playing a sergeant - superb performances, take after take.
I had the luxury of occasionally delivering material to Jim in his suite at Bray. He was a kind fellow, and I was rather in awe of him. I knew he would be working on the Bond film, and I was desperate to be an assistant in his cutting rooms.
I waited until the wrap party to ask... but not before I got very drunk. The delivery of my request was not exactly honed; probably the most incoherent alcohol-bedraggled blather he'd ever heard in his life. It's one of the handful of moments in my life my toes curl when I recall it - or rather, when the vague recollection blunders back unasked-for.
During the party I also went up to this new actor to congratulate him on the fantastic performance. He didn't deign to acknowledge my praise. He was already wrapped in women. Daniel Craig didn't need to be told anything.
