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Film Quotes by Walter Murch
- 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…
- 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…
- Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
More Film Quotes
- I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't… — Darren Aronofsky
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book,… — Paul Auster
- I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments. — Dan Aykroyd
- I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. — Amitabh Bachchan
- You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in… — Amitabh Bachchan
- Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey
- I have to say I've been lucky in that way in that I've been able to go from different films and different… — Amy Adams
- I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to L.A. and pursued acting and film, which… — Amy Adams
- I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even when I have meetings on films or… — Amy Adams