Invisible Oscar nominee makes the cut
19.05.12
Los Angeles (CNN) -- From a wall in Kevin Tent's home office, Mrs. Cohen stares out into the room.
The place is neatly decorated with memorabilia from the film editor's life and career: a "Pick Flick" button from "Election." A Greek poster for "About Schmidt." A promotional handout for the 1992 Drew Barrymore crime drama "Guncrazy." A space shuttle crew photo (a high school friend was on board). A flyer for his homemade root beer. Posters, photos and knickknacks, whimsical and unpretentious, including an old roll of film, the movie poster for the schlocky "Not of This Earth" and some small trophies.
And then there's the all-seeing Mrs. Cohen.
She's mounted on the wall, this slightly offbeat painting of an imperious 40-something woman. Her arms, with their overlong fingers, are folded tightly against her blue dress; her eyes miss nothing. Tent, who's worked on every film directed by Alexander Payne, claims that the eyes "kind of follow you." He brings her to pretty much every editing room he's worked in, in a variety of locations, over the past 15 years.
Source: CNN