在任何时代、任何人所开列的最佳剪辑影片的名录上面,《阿拉伯的劳伦斯》(Lawrence of Arabia)都会无庸置疑地位列前茅。有鉴于它那旷日持久的,时而声名狼藉、时而受到颂扬的剪辑史,很可能它也会同样无可争辩地获得最大量剪辑奖。剪辑过程甚至在这部影片遴选演员之前就已经开始了。1960年8月,制片人萨姆·施皮格尔和导演大卫·里恩为崭露头角的英国年轻男演员艾伯特·芬尼拍了五天的试镜头,由芬尼饰演劳伦斯。这些制作精良的试镜头证明了这一日后的经典电影的史诗特质。这一次 Lawrence of Arabia will undoubtedly stand out from the list of best-of-the-art clips listed by anyone at any time. Given its prolonged, sometimes infamous, often celebrated clip history, it is likely that it will also receive the largest number of editorial awards without any doubt. The editing process even started before the film’s selection of actors. In August 1960, producer Sam Spiegel and director David Lyne took a five-day audition for budding young British actor Albert Finney, played by Lawrence Finney. These well-made auditions proved the epic qualities of the classic films of the day. This time