About

Founded in the wintery months between 2006 and 2007, Two Cut Films was formed by Van Lam to suceed his previous film production company, Ritter Studios.

Van Lam on the name change:

Well, I never really liked the name Ritter Studios. It was a name which I quickly whipped up to slap onto a video project. That is, there is no deep meaning behind the name, I just thought to sounded cool. Two Cut Films re-enforces myself as a FILMmaker, creating a stronger identity for me by rooting myself into the world of cinema.

The name Two Cut Films stems from several ideas*, but mainly from one of my favorite paintings, Two Cut Sunflowers by Van Gogh. Close up, the blatant brush strokes seem meaningless, but taking a step back and looking at the big picture reveals that the genius of juxtaposition. The stroke’s relationship to the rest of the painting is what makes it meaningful, not the single stroke alone. Similarly, it is not the individual shots that make a film a film, but rather the juxtaposition of shots through editing.

*There’s also the obvious pun of “cutting” and “two” filmmakers which I like