Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” intercuts between a courtroom trial and protests surrounding the Democratic National Convention of 1968.Little did Sorkin know how uncannily the events of the film would mirror contemporary America.
His main goal was to get the film out before the 2020 election.Alan Baumgarten reunited with him after cutting Sorkin’s “Molly’s Game” to set the rhythm of the film.The opening sequence, Baumgarten says, is “a six- to seven-minute sequence, and that’s very long for an intro.” It’s a sequence designed to show a country going off its rails.Baumgarten folded in archival footage of the event.
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