Film editor

Chris Laverty

I believe in Bourne. I don't believe in self indulgent bohemian claptrap

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I believe in…
The resurrection of Chevy Chase’s career, action films that make you cry, intermissions, stop motion animation, Bourne, Swingers, Becoming Jane, Sinbad, Syriana, anything by William Goldman, James Woods, fibre in your diet. 
 

I’m against…
Any and all self indulgent bohemian claptrap. The Royal Tenenbaums seeps to mind like disturbing childhood trauma. Gwyneth Paltrow chain smoking in a tennis dress for 110 minutes does not a movie make. 
 

Ask me about…
Anything you like. Films are good, as are film soundtracks, but I also know an inordinate amount about vacuuming.  
 

More about me…
I’m a freelance journalist by trade. I also write screenplays, two have been shortlisted in some big American festivals (ooooh). I was kicked out of Empire magazine’s Thunderdome competition for cheating, though I didn’t and it was all political. I have been called a four letter word by Lee Ryan (clue: it wasn’t ‘chum’) and I absolutely cannot hold my liquor. 
 

Memorable moments…
My stint in the Thunderdome. Winning an award for Best Arts and Entertainment Site over at hecklerspray.com. Being coaxed with an Aston Martin by the wonderful Mansized. It’s on back order apparently. 
 

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