▁The ▁complex ▁mont ages ▁of ▁violence ▁that ▁Lomb ardo ▁created ▁for ▁that ▁film ▁influenced ▁gener ations ▁of ▁film m akers ▁and ▁established ▁the ▁modern ▁cin ematic ▁text book ▁for ▁editing ▁violent ▁gun ▁batt les ." ▁Several ▁critics ▁have ▁remarked ▁on ▁the ▁" st range , ▁el astic ▁quality " ▁of ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁and ▁have ▁disc ern ed ▁the ▁film ' s ▁influence ▁in ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁direct ors ▁John ▁W oo , ▁Qu entin ▁Tar ant ino , ▁Kath ry n ▁Big el ow , ▁and ▁the ▁W ach ow sk is , ▁among ▁others . ▁While ▁Lomb ardo ' s ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Pe ck in p ah ▁last ed ▁just ▁a ▁few ▁years , ▁his ▁career ▁was ▁inter tw ined ▁with ▁that ▁of ▁director ▁Robert ▁Alt man ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁thirty ▁years . ▁Lomb ardo ▁edited ▁Alt man ' s ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁film ▁McC abe ▁& ▁Mrs . ▁Miller ▁( 1 9 7 1 ), ▁which ▁had ▁ ▁" a ▁radical ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁dialog ue ▁and ▁indeed ▁other ▁sound , ▁both ▁in ▁and ▁beyond ▁the ▁frame ." ▁Tow ards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁Lomb ardo ▁edited ▁Moon stru ck ▁( 1 9 8 7 ) ▁and ▁two ▁other ▁films ▁directed ▁by ▁Norman ▁Jew ison . ▁While ▁his ▁editing ▁is ▁now ▁considered ▁" re volution ary " ▁and ▁" br illiant ", ▁Lomb ardo ▁was ▁never ▁nominated ▁for ▁editing ▁awards ▁during ▁his ▁career . ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁Lomb ardo ' s ▁career ▁began