In the Blink of an Eye Revised 2nd Edition
by Walter Murch
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Author: Walter MurchForeword: Francis Ford Coppola
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-08-01
ISBN: 1879505622
Number of pages: 148
Publisher: Silman-James Press
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- ISBN13: 9781879505629
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of In the Blink of an Eye Revised 2nd Edition
Book Review: From another film editor
Summary: 5 Stars
To merely explain "what film editing is" would be worth the price of this book, and
what I expect when I read a book on film editing, but this book goes far beyond that.
This book almost effortlessly explains "why film editing works," "how film editing works,"
and "what the human experience expects and wants from film editing."
It does this in an engaging style, with a remarkably-few,
well-chosen words. This is a truly great little book.
It teaches some slippery concepts easily, with simple historical examples.
(How filmmaking is like opera, or like music, or literature or art, for example.)
Its concepts are clear, and they stick in the mind, and return
to one later, usually while in the middle of doing something else.
That means to me that not only my conscious mind
understands what Mr. Murch has written, but my
unconscious mind as well.
I am very grateful for that, as
my unconscious mind is my source.
Mr. Walter Murch is not only one of the most gifted film editors ever,
he has clearly thought and mulled and quantified what he knows in his bones,
so that others can learn from it.
Beethoven wrote great music, (and, according to Mr. Murch, was one of
the fathers of cinema), but did Beethoven write a little book that explained
what he was trying to do, or the principles behind it, or what he had learned
about how it worked, and how to make future projects work in the same way?
No, alas. I've read letters from Beethoven, but found
his process elusive. Nothing wrong with that, his music
certainly stands on its own, but how much better would
it have been, to have some great little book like this one?
To the film artist, this little book is a gift from God.
A glimpse into the process of a very gifted man.
It explains what the principles of film editing are,
where to look for them, how they came about.
All from a great artist in the form.
As for my calling it a "little book," I mean no disrespect.
It's hard to make something complex look easy, even harder
to say that in only a few words.
Its brevity is part of its genius.
Summary of In the Blink of an Eye Revised 2nd Edition
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.Photography Books
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