The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Director: Tobe Hooper Run Time: 83 min. Format: DCP Rating: R Release Year: 1974
Starring: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Gunner Hansen, Jim Siedow, Edwin Neal, Teri McMinn, John Dugan, Paul A. Partain
The Future of Film is Female presents a special screening of THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE with a special focus on editor/assistant director Sallye Richardson. To make an additional $10 donation to The Future of Film is Female, select the “Event + Donation” ticket on the checkout screen.
At fifty years old, the TCSM is one of the most iconic films from the 20th century but little is known about its editor and assistant director, Sallye Richardson. Before the screening, The FOFIF will highlight her contribution to the film and urge the audience to consider its editing while watching.
“Chain Saw was made in editing. It wasn’t a case of a scene in the screenplay being ‘x’ pages long — the scenes were as long as they were supposed to be, it was instinctive.” –Sallye Richardson, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Companion, 2003