ABSTRACT
The next editing example is a scene from A Walk on the Wild Side, a fi lm written by a number of writers, based on Nelson Algren's novel of the same name.
In this scene, the problem is twofold: first, to shorten it as much as possible, since too much time is taken to deliver its simple message, and second, to eliminate as much as possible of its mawkish flavor. Figure 12 presents the scene as written.
