Geraldine Peroni

Geraldine "Geri" Peroni (July 5, 1953 – August 3, 2004) was an American film editor who was best known for working with Robert Altman.

Early on, a cut from a zoom-in to the gun in Humphrey Bogart's hand on a postcard sent to Tim Robbins is perfectly successively matched with what appears to be a black frame, in which a reveal shows that it's an open drawer in which the postcard has been placed.

This is beautifully edited; well-shot, too, but the rhythm is built in the cutting.Peroni's work on Short Cuts (1993) has been discussed by Krin Gabbard, who wrote, "Altman has invited his audiences to provide connections among scenes that float loosely about each other at the same time that he has benefited from the intelligent choices made by the film's editor Geraldine Peroni.

[2] Her death was ruled a suicide by the New York coroner, a fact reportedly disputed by her family.

The credits of Brokeback Mountain also read "In Loving Memory of Geraldine Peroni".