A Multiverse Made by Many Hands: The Innovative ‘Swarm Editing’ Behind ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

Everything Everywhere All at Once” is intentionally overwhelming on every level — visually, sonically, and structurally.

It combines storylines as varied as an IRS audit, a romance between women with hot dogs for fingers, a nihilistic supervillain’s quest to destroy the universe in response to parental abuse, and some rocks being rocks.The bombardment of different universes, the seriously silly connections between them, and the compelling action sequences all help the film create a blend of tones and elements that makes The Daniels’ film overwhelming without being exhausting.

And thanks to editor Paul Rogers weaving together method and madness, the emotional journey and relationships that are core to Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) never get lost in the narrative cacophony.Read More: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’: How Son Lux’s Maximalist Score Fit Daniels’ Multiverse Adventure“The visual flourishes and the kind of aesthetic experimental stuff that we were

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