. ▁Alt man ▁chose ▁Sid ney ▁Le vin ▁to ▁edit , ▁who ▁was ▁then ▁succeeded ▁by ▁Lomb ardo ' s ▁assistant ▁editor ▁on ▁several ▁films , ▁Dennis ▁M . ▁Hill . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁Lomb ardo ▁edited ▁The ▁Late ▁Show , ▁which ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁Alt man ▁but ▁directed ▁by ▁Robert ▁Bent on . ▁The ▁Late ▁Show ▁is ▁a ▁film ▁no ir ▁detect ive ▁story ; ▁Paul ine ▁K ael ▁wrote ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁" The ▁Late ▁Show ▁never ▁lets ▁up ; ▁the ▁editing ▁is ▁by ▁Lou ▁Lomb ardo ▁( who ▁has ▁often ▁worked ▁with ▁Robert ▁Alt man ) ▁and ▁Peter ▁App leton , ▁and ▁I ▁can ' t ▁think ▁of ▁a ▁thr iller ▁from ▁the ▁for ties ▁that ▁is ▁as ▁tight ▁as ▁this , ▁or ▁has ▁such ▁sust ained ▁t ension ." ▁ ▁Lomb ardo ' s ▁final ▁project ▁with ▁Alt man ▁was ▁the ▁film ▁O . C . ▁and ▁St ig gs , ▁which ▁was ▁produced ▁around ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁and ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 . ▁Lomb ardo ▁left ▁the ▁film ▁before ▁post - production ▁was ▁completed ; ▁he ▁is ▁un cred ited ▁on ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁Produ cing ▁and ▁direct ing ▁From ▁ 1 9 7 5 – 1 9 8 5 ▁Lomb ardo ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁producer ▁and ▁director ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁an ▁editor . ▁Lomb ardo ' s ▁debut ▁as ▁a ▁director ▁was ▁Russian ▁Rou lette ▁( 1 9 7 5 ). ▁The ▁film ▁is ▁an ▁esp