How ‘Don’t Look Up’ Film Editor’s Wedding Video Ended Up in the Movie’s Final Montage (Video)
thewrap.comSpoiler warning: This video and article discuss the final scene in “Don’t Look Up”A film editor for 30 years, Hank Corwin this week scored his third Oscar nomination.
All have been for comedies (albeit perverse, dark comedies) directed by Adam McKay: “The Big Short,” “Vice,” and now “Don’t Look Up.” If Corwin were to win at the Oscar ceremony on March 27th, it would mark the first comedy to nab a trophy in that category since 1988’s “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”“It’s pretty meaningful to me,” said Corwin in the exclusive video above, regarding the final six minutes of the movie, in which a giant comet smashes into the earth. “With every movie I do, I try to put some of myself into.
This film more than most. It dealt with such gigantic and tiny moments. I just love it.”Corwin is not kidding when he talked about putting some of himself in the movie.
The core of the film’s ending is a low-key, Thanksgiving-style dinner between the lead characters played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio, but the scene then transforms into a montage of life’s moments from around the world: a rooftop orgy, whales in the ocean, a person waiting for the subway.
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