In her ninth decade, Thelma Schoonmaker is still keeping busy. In fact, she might be busier than ever. Having just finished work on Martin Scorsese’s lastest magnum opus Killers of the Flower Moon, the legendary editor is now front and centre of the BFI’s Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger, a celebration of the work of filmmaking duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
“It's wonderful," she says when we meet. "It's been extremely successful so far which is great, it's been long overdue, frankly, Michael died in 1990 so it's been a long time waiting for it. The ticket sales are great and the audiences are packed for some of these things, it's fantastic.”
