The moment is indelible. Just before Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway lose their beautiful lives in Bonnie and Clyde, they exchange a series of glances interspersed with the rustling of bushes, the flight of birds. It’s one of those benchmarks in film, a few seconds of imagery that still retains the power to shake your soul after all these years. Thank film editor Dede Allen for those series of quick cuts; hers was a skill that gave us masterpieces like Serpico (1973) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975). She also edited Reds (1981), The Breakfast Club (1985) and The Hustler (1961). At her peak, Allen took a break to become head of post-production at Warner Brothers Studios in the early nineties, returning to edit Wonder Boys (2000) for Curis Hanson and winning her third Oscar nomination. Hers was a seminal talent for the ages—RIP.