Full name: In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing

Author: Walter Murch Year: 1991 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Movies, Non Fiction, Art Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781879505629 1879505622

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. Similar books: Make Your Own Damn Movie! by Lloyd Kaufman On Film-making by Alexander Mackendrick The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex by Mark Kermode Rebel without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez On Directing Film by David Mamet Shooting to Kill by Christine Vachon Directing by Michael Rabiger Godard on Godard by Jean-Luc Godard Making Movies by Sidney Lumet The Battle of Brazil by Jack Mathews Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes by John Pierson Hatchet Job by Mark Kermode Down and Dirty Pictures by Peter Biskind Understanding Movies by Louis Giannetti How to Read a Film by James Monaco Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton Art & Fear by David Bayles The Illusion of Life by Ollie Johnston Color and Light by James Gurney Face Forward by Kevyn Aucoin