- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Knopf (2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0375709827
- ISBN-13: 978-0375709821
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 2.1 x 21.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #272,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Murch Rules!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film (Hardcover)
This book is awesome. You will not be disappointed if you are seriously interested in the under appreciated art of film editing. As a director myself, this book humbles and reminds me that the film is ultimately brought to life during the editing process and the editor is the mid-wife. Ondaatje asks all the right questions and allows Murch to reveal to us his thought process as well as his practical methods when cutting a film. Murch is an editor's editor. If you loved movies such as The Godfather 1 & 2, Apocalypse Now, The Conversation, and The English Patient Murch has had no small part in their success. Too often the director gets all the credit. Some of my favourite moments in the aforementioned films, moments that i used to credit the directors for, came from suggestions made by Murch. Murch is a modest man (as editor's need to be when working with the egos that most directors carry around).What's so amazing is that he continues to promote the idea that filmmaking IS a collaborative artform. The editor is just one of the many who brings a film to life. After reading this book you will know that the editor is one of the most essential collaborators. As Anthony Minghella describes, this is, "The Essential Mr. Murch."
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Intelligent, articulate, surprisingly good,
By documentia (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Conversations : Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film (Hardcover)
Like the reviewer below, I was skeptical of the Q&A format - an approach that often tends to elicit fairly superficial dialog in the realm of film (with some notable exceptions, including the classic Hitchcock/Truffaut book). This is fine for a magazine article, but potentially painful for 300+ pages. That said, this book really surprised me - and within only a few pages I was totally hooked. Ondaatje manages to spur on a delightful conversation filled with some very profound insights on editing, filmmaking, and the creative process itself (with many interesting detours along the way). I think this book can be enjoyed by both amateur film enthusiast and cynical cinephile alike. To be honest, I found the book to be a better articulation of Murch's ideas than his own "In the Blink of an Eye" -- though I would still recommend that as a secondary text to Conversations. I would also suggest that anyone reading this try to see Murch's major works first: The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, the Godfather I & II, and the English Patient - as they are all referred to in fairly significant detail throughout the book, and it will make for a more enjoyable read if you're familiar with them.
4.0 out of 5 stars
montage éclairé,
This review is from: The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film (Paperback)
J'ai un grand plaisir à parcourir ce livre qui met en lumière le processus créatif vu de l'intérieur. Nourriture équilibrée pour une réflexion sur le médium, la post-production,
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