"My job as an editor is to gently……" — Walter Murch
"My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that - I do that by manipulating how and where I cut and what succession of images I work with."
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By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it - and what other things you don't hear - you…
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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…
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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…
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I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century…
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This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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