In the Blink of an Eye
Walter Murch has won several Academy Awards for his work as a film editor and sound designer. The Conversation, American Graffiti, Julia, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather (parts II and III), The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Ghost, Crumb, Romeo Is Bleeding, First Knight, The English Patient, and The Talented Mr. Ripley are among his many notable credits.
Among the best books on filmmaking, In the Blink of an Eye is a vivid, multifaceted, thought-provoking essay on film editing by celebrated film editor Walter Murch. Murch takes the reader on a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film, beginning with what may be the most basic editing question: Why do cuts work? Along the way, he shares his unique perspectives on editing, dreaming, and reality; the criteria for a good cut; the blink of an eye as an emotional cue; digital editing; and much more. Murch reconsiders and completely revises his popular first edition's lengthy meditation on digital editing (which accounts for a third of the book's pages) in light of technological changes that have occurred in the six years since its publication in this second edition.
Author: Walter Murch
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Eye-Perspective-Film-Editing/dp/1879505622/
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