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Last week Quentin Tarantino hosted a below-the-line panel in Los Angeles for the Oscar-nominated members of his Inglourious Basterds](Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Movie | Moviefone) crew, including director of photography Robert Richardson, visual effects designer John Dykstra and editor Sally Menke. Following the panel, *Cinematical *was lucky enough to catch up with Menke via telephone to ask a few additional questions. In addition to discussing the process of putting together Basterds, Menke mused about the necessity for film language in a culture saturated with cinephiles, and offered a few insights where those director’s cuts come from when films make their transition from the big screen to Blu-ray or DVD.
**Cinematical: How involved are you in the process when director’s cuts or extended editions arrive on DVD or Blu-ray? Do most of these come from earlier cuts or do you have to reconstruct something more or less entirely?
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