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31 F A L L Q 3 I S S U E F E A T U R E By Kristin Marguerite Doidge R e l a t i o n s h i p s a re a t t h e h e a r t o f HBO's limited series "DTF: St. Lou- i s" f ro m c re a to r Steve n C o n ra d ("Patriot"). It's a dark comedy-mystery a b o u t t h re e a d u l ts ex p e r i e n c i n g m i d- dle-age malaise in a love triangle that ends with one of them dead. SPIRIT OF 'ST. LOUIS' HOW THE POST TEAM HELPED MAKE THIS HBO SERIES DARK AND FUNNY Relationships are also at the heart of the post-production team's creative success on the show, as picture editors Kevin D. Ross, ACE (who'd worked with Conrad previously on "Perpetual Grace"), and Max Koepke, along with assistant editors Janet Ross, Juliana Rodzinski, and Whitfield Scheideg- ger (who also co-edited Episode 3), cut the series in close collaboration with the show- runner-writer-director to find the right balance of darkness and light in the edit. Meanwhile, supervising sound editor Ruth Adelman, who'd also previously worked with Conrad on both "Patriot" and "Perpet- ual Grace," was focused on helping her team capture his unique voice in the sound design P H OT O : C O U R T E S Y K E V I N D . R O S S DOWN TO EDIT: Editor Kevin D. Ross, right, with assistant editors Whitfield Scheidegger and Janet Ross.