Moviola
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The Moviola was the first machine for motion picture editing when it was invented by Iwan Serrurier in 1924. It allowed editors to study individual shots in their cutting rooms, thus to determine more precisely where the best cut-point might be. The vertically-oriented Moviolas were the standard for film editing in the United States until the 1970s when horizontal flatbed editor systems became more common.
Nevertheless, a few very high-profile directors continue to prefer the Moviola. When working for Steven Spielberg, editor Michael Kahn uses a Moviola, and Munich (2005) received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing. Given the motion picture industry's accelerating trend toward digitization, Munich may prove to be the last film edited on a Moviola to receive a nomination for editing.
