Walter Murch: On Editing Rhythm

Tip of the hat to Art of the Guillotine.

Murch on "The Three Fathers of Cinema"

In this lecture excerpt, Walter Murch proclaims modern cinema's antecedents to be Beethoven, Flaubert and Thomas Edison. It's certainly worth a look.





This 18:00 clip comes from Old School Cinema by way of Art of the Guillotine.

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Here's the first 10 minutes from The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing. The film features interviews with many of Hollywood's leading editors and directors, as well as well-known sequences from a number of films.

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Listening to Walter Murch describe his approach to the craft within the confines of his pristine workspace is worth the price of admission.

And you can avoid the hassle of watching a degraded copy in segments on YouTube. The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing is available for purchase or you can rent it from Netflix.

Walter Murch, A Lecture

While I refine a reliable work flow to edit AVCHD footage in Premiere Pro, check out this 2003 lecture by Oscar-winning film editor Walter Murch at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.






Part II of the lecture is here.

I'll share what I've learned editing AVCHD soon.