Wolf notes that Van Sant also took an understated approach when it came to editing the film. "Gus doesn’t do a lot of fast editing. He doesn’t use technique to tell the audience where to look and what to feel. Gus has the confidence to not cut away, to not fill in the quiet with a noise. So the film has aspects to it where it’s very realistic but then it’s very ethereal as well, otherworldly. I think that combination has an impact on you, as a viewer, that’s more organic."