Editor Marco Costa has become director Luca Guadagnino's right-hand man lately, working on several of his projects starting with 2020's We Are Who We Are, the series for HBO. After that, Costa hopped on the grim cannibal drama Bones and All before zipping onto the courts for the hit Challengers.One of this year's best films, Challengers follows three fledgling tennis champions. Close friends Art (Mike Faist) and Patrick (Josh O'Connor) spot the magnetic Tashi (Zendaya) at a match and are immediately enamored. Tashi, drawn to them both and the opportunities they might present her, begins a cat-and-mouse love triangle that stretches for years.It's a delectable sports drama and complicated romance, and it wouldn't be what it is without the storytelling in the edit bay, too. We were glad to chat with Costa via email just ahead of his next release (Queer, also with Guadagnino). Enjoy learning about the secrets of the game! - YouTube www.youtube.com Editor's Note: the following interview is edited for length and clarity. No Film School: Sports films can present unique editing challenges. Could you walk us through the editing process for the tennis sequences? Marco Costa: It’s true that there’s a lot of tennis in Challengers, but we approached the film as if it weren’t a sports movie. Luca often referenced the filmography of Mike Nichols during editing, so that was the kind of cinema we were looking to for inspiration. I deliberately avoided watching any tennis films before diving into the footage because I didn’t...
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