In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thought -- provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question -- Why do cuts work? -- Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his unique insights on such subjects as continuity and discontinuity in editing, dreaming, and reality; criteria for a good cut; the blink of the eye as an emotional cue; digital editing; and much more. In this second edition, 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 the technological changes that have taken place in the six years since its publication.
Biografie (Walter Murch)
Walter Scott Murch, 1943 geboren in New York, ist Cutter, Sound-Designer, Regisseur und Drehbuchautor. Bei Filmen wie American Graffiti, den drei Teilen des Paten, der Unerträglichen Leichtigkeit des Seins, dem Englischen Patienten und dem Talentierten Mr. Ripley war er für Ton und Schnitt verantwortlich. Für seine Arbeit am Film Der Englische Patient wurde er mit dem British Academy Award ausgezeichnet, und für Apocalypse Now erhielt Murch den Oscar für den besten Sound.
