Walter murch and the art of editing film during the filming of his celebrated novel the english patient, michael ondaatje became increasingly fascinated as he watched the veteran editor walter murch at work the conversations, which grew out of discussions between the two. Murchs seminal book on editing, in the blink of an eye. Buy a discounted paperback of the conversations online from australias leading online bookstore. The conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a. From one of americas most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and a definitive. The most interesting thing about walter murch is not his resume as a film editor and sound designer which is saying something, since his credits include classics like the godfather trilogy, apocalypse now, and the conversation. Murch likes to quote robert bresson to the effect that a film is born three timesin the writing of the script, in the shooting, and in the editing. Walter murch and the art of editing film difficult conversations just for women.
From those conversations stemmed this enlightened, affectionate book a mine of wonderful. Although murch claims the actors on his films rarely know who he is, this excellent, eyeopening book done in a questionandanswer formatwill make readers glad ondaatje has shown them the. The conversations, which grew out of discussions between the two. Walter murch, ace clarifies concepts from in the blink of an.
The conversations, walter murch and the art of editing film. So if the emphasis in the conversations seems at times obsessive or onesided, it is because there is still a need to realign the balance. San francisco in the spring of 2000, walter murch, at the suggestion of francis ford coppola, began to reedit apocalypse now, a film he had worked on back in 19771979 both as sound designer and as one of the four picture editors. With the conversation, walter murch made the editor the.
Nov 19, 2002 the conversations is a beautifully puttogether object. When i watched walter murch at work during my peripheral involvement with the film of the english patient, i knew that this was the stage of filmmaking that was closest to the art of writing. Walter murch and the art of editing film kindle edition by ondaatje, michael. He asks what murch does for a living, and when murch tells him that he edits movies, the friend replies, oh, editing.
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The conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts of writing and film shine through it was on the set of the movie adaptation of his booker prizewinning novel, the english patient, that michael. Walter murch and the art of editing film hardcover the conversations. Walter murch is one of the most respected film editors and sound designers, one of new hollywods central figures, having worked with francis. Walter murch introduces the conversation at vancity. At book s center is the thesis that editors are uniquely powerful because they discard or include images and. The book is half walter murch insights and half another guy forget his name but a book writers insight the book writer guy more prompts walter into giving information by directing questionsconversation topics at him the book started well and finished well, it dragged a little somewhere in the middle and i remember i had to force myself. Walter murch is the winner of multiple academy awards for his work as a film editor and a sound designer.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc. Twentytwo years later, all the takes and discards and lost scenes and sound elements. Walter murch offers vivid, stepbystep explanations of the thought processes behind editing choices in such films as the godfather he did. The first 50 interviews in the series provided the material for the book, art of the cut. In a series of long conversations recorded over a twoyear period, ondaatje and murch, both highly intelligent and thoughtful artists, transcend the interview book genre by following tangents, engaging in arguments, contextualizing everything and reminiscing. Although murch claims the actors on his films rarely know who he is, this excellent, eyeopening book done in a questionandanswer format will make readers.
With a career stretching back to 1969, including work on apocalypse now, the godfather i, ii, and iii, american graffiti, the conversation, and the english patient, with three academy award wins from nine nominations. The conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts of writing and film shine through. The conversation is a 1974 american mystery thriller film written, produced and directed by francis ford coppola and starring gene hackman with supporting roles by john cazale, allen garfield, cindy williams, frederic forrest, harrison ford, teri garr and robert duvall the plot revolves around a surveillance expert and the moral dilemma he faces when his recordings reveal a potential murder. This is the fourth in a series of interviews with murch. Murch and ondaatje met and became friends on the set of the english patient, and the conversations results from five talks between them over the course of a year. But in the conversations, a handsome and illuminating dialogue between murch and author michael ondaatje, even he confesses that cinema is perhaps now where music was before musical notationwriting music as a sequence of marks on paperwas invented. The conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate. Michael ondaatje first met veteran editor walter murch during the filming of his novel the english patient, and he became fascinated as he. Murch s seminal book on editing, in the blink of an eye. Walter murch and the art of editing film conversations. Walter murch introduces the conversation at vancity theatre film editor and sound designer walter murch spoke at the vancouver international film centre, also known as the vancity theatre, last night, giving one of several sold out talks to a crowd largely consisting of young filmmakers from sfus praxis centre for screenwriters. Booktopia has the conversations, walter murch and the art of editing film by michael ondaatje. Walter murch and the art of editing film ondaatje, michael.
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