The Book Depository The Conversations by Michael Ondaatje
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Description: The Conversations : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780375709821 : 0375709827 : 05 Oct 2004 : The Conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts of writing and film shine through. It was on the set of the movie adaptation of his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, that Michael Ondaatje met the master film and sound editor Walter Murch, and the two began a remarkable personal. The Book Depository The Conversations by Michael Ondaatje - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: Captain Slocum
Rating: 5
Review: An intensely intellectual but at the same time deeply creative and intuitive artist, Walter Murch was one of the great film and sound editors. Even if you only have a passing interest in film you will find this book riveting and eye-opening - you will never watch a film the same way again. But as an independent film maker, I know what Moses must have felt like when he read the tablets of stone - there are more insights in this book than you can take in in one reading. If he was alive today, how he would love the democratic and creative influence that powerful home computers and non-linear editing software now have, something he foresaw and pioneered. And how he would laugh at the unbelievably crass irony of the book's cover - film editors rarely get a mention or credits, even less, sound editors, and yet on the cover of this book, which is all about one of the greatest editors of all time, he gets second billing to the interviewer! Buy this book. If renaissance man Murch doesn't inspire you to make or watch more films more intelligently, nothing will.
Author: Regi Keyz
Rating: 4
Review: I'll be brief.. The book is half Walter Murch insights and half another guy (forget his name but a book writer's insight) - the book writer guy more prompts Walter into giving information by directing questions/conversation topics at him.. The book started well and finished well, it dragged a little somewhere in the middle and I remember I had to force myself to keep reading it.. but it was worth it in the end.. I am a relative newcomer to editing/film-making and to my pleasant surprise I discovered many insights into the whole process of film making and editing.. some of my own experiences that I thought were unique to me I found were common to many people.. eg some of the challenges faced when editing, where you change one part of the film, and it then effects another part of the film later that you hadn't anticipated etc etc.. Overall, Im glad I read this book The book was recommended by an
