Third place:
Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World [95 points / 15 votes]
Second place:
Lee Smith, Inception [124/19]
And your winner....
Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall, The Social Network [158/23]
"Working with a semi-achronological timeline, editors Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall and director David Fincher turn the life of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg into something that resembles an open browser window with bookmarked tabs. Zuckerberg's life is seen through the prism of the creation of Facebook; from several court depositions which are edited to feel like one; and the linear trajectory of his life, from a Harvard student to the creator of the most popular social networking site ever. Fincher's visual palate resembles that of someone preparing an action film, honing in on small moments, such as the conception of ideas or the kinetic energy of keyboard programming; as such, The Social Network is one of the most lovely study of surfaces and light of the past year. In The Facemash sequence, for example, shots zig-zag from computer screens to close-ups of faces to the plastics of the technology used to exterior shots of reflections of light on windows. With that, Aaron Sorkin's script, which oscillates between Hawksian verbosity and the incidental moments of the creative process, seems prepared for a Final Cut Pro timeline, a utilitarian sacrifice few writers would consider making.
As we watch Zuckerberg's character editing and perfecting Facebook, The Social Network matches the same pattern as an aesthetic object. The film is about an isolated, determined, and ruthless GenY capitalist, but it's also the essential film about the present day editing process, whether it's editing one's public persona to fit in new media formats or, for the film, finding language and meaning to capture how we live today." - Michael Lieberman
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