When doing this sort of project I’ve had success with sending individual TC stamped proxy clips and letting the producer scrub thru the “unusable” bits. The producer has the choice of returning a paper edit, sequence or EDL with the selects.
The timecode is burned in on export (via the queue) so there’s no “losing” it while editing. Once your edit is locked, reconnect your proxies with the full res clips, color and export.
If you must pare down the interview, try nesting it then export a TC’d proxy. Editing with the nest may be less problematic.
Good luck.
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