Walter Murch Quotes
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By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it - and what other things you don't hear - you can not only help tell…
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Most of us are searching-consciously or unconsciously- for a degree of internal balance and harmony between ourselves and the outside world, and if we happen…
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When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are…
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I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and…
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This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get…
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Looking at a first assembly is kind of like looking at an overgrown garden. You can't just wade in with a weed whacker; you don't…
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As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of…
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As I've gone through life, I've found that your chances for happiness are increased if you wind up doing something that is a reflection of…
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Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view.
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The Conversation' was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I've been using Final Cut or the AVID…
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Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work…
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The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand,…
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Writing is a process of discovery of what you really do know. You can't limit yourself in advance to what you know, because you don't…
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Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires…
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You can always make a film somehow. You can beg, borrow, steal the equipment, use credit cards, use your friends' goodwill, wheedle your way into…
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The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
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My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that -…
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