A proper Henry, by George Sep 20, 2008
" The seeds of the future performer, director and writer were sown with those early puppet shows. And that touches on a pet theory he keeps testing. Grant refers to a conclusion reached by sound recordist Walter Murch that a person's chance of happiness increased if their adult career reflected what they most loved doing between nine and 11 years old. He tells me how his actor friend Steve Martin did - and still does - magic tricks. How director Steven Spielberg had a Super 8 movie camera as a... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Fresh face of a Family man Jul 22, 2008
Famed editor and sound designer Walter Murch shows a before and after comparison of the famous scene in which Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) kills the heroin trafficker Sollozzo (Al Lettieri) and Captain McCluskey (Sterling Hayden), the corrupt cop, in Louis's restaurant. Pacino has an extraordinary close-up, just before he draws the gun and fires, in which we see him summoning the nerve. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Critics' Picks Jun 7, 2008
If you're looking for the most richly deserving Oscar winner, consider Walter Murch, sound editor of "Apocalypse Now." And if your dinner guests are arguing over the most apoplectic Al Pacino moment, trot out this little beauty from "The Devil's Advocate": "He's laughing his sick, fucking ass off! He's a tight-ass! He's a sadist! He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? Never!" Director Steven Soderbergh, swimming against the tide of 10, offers merely "One Great Film (Greater Even Than Is Widely... (Salon)
Berlin Film Festival suffers last-minute withdrawal Feb 8, 2008
Also joining the jury are U.S. film editor Walter Murch, Russian film producer Alexander Rodniansky and German production designer Uli Hanisch. The 58th Berlin Film Festival, one of the world's top three of its kind, is scheduled to open here Thursday evening with a gala featuring the world premiere of Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese's concert movie about the legendary rock group The Rolling Stones. (Xinhuanet, China)
Read More... Jun 16, 2007
Their conversation, which Harry pieces together in a virtuoso sequence (Walter Murch did the sound design), takes strange turns that suggest a mysterious combination of fear and aggression. As Harry gets pulled into the couple's fate, the movie becomes a landscape of his unconscious and culminates in one of the most shocking images ever to appear in a non-horror film. (Disinformation)
Things fall apart for farm family Jun 4, 2007
At 64, he's published nine books of poetry, five novels, a memoir, and a book about Walter Murch and the art of movie editing. (The film version of "The English Patient," which Murch edited, won nine Academy Awards. (San Francisco Chronicle)
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL May 2, 2007
Walter Murch walked into the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Friday carting a very heavy black satchel. He clung to it while we chatted, explaining it was too important to let out of his grasp for even a few moments. (San Francisco Chronicle)
San Francisco festival kicks off Apr 29, 2007
This Sunday's docu preem "Fog City Mavericks" is expected to lure Bay Area-residing luminaries George Lucas, Williams, Philip Kaufman, Carroll Ballard, Brad Bird, Christopher Columbus, Walter Murch, Saul Zaentz and others for post-screening Qhe Castro. Calling the fest he's headed since late '05 "the flagship international film festival of the Americas," Leggat paid tribute to those "founding figures, our colossi" who'd preceded him -- founder Irving Levin, subsequent E.D. Claude Jarman,... (Variety)
Selected reviews Apr 22, 2007
SFIFF / 50TH ANNIVERSARY / THE SCREENING ROOM. but he pulls it off without obviously imitating Robert De Niro. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires North American Distribution Rights to Francis Ford Coppola's 'YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH' Mar 24, 2007
Oscar-winner Walter Murch joined Coppola in Romania to edit the film. The music was composed by one of today's most exciting classical composers, Osvaldo Golijov. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Francis Ford Coppola Feb 8, 2007
Two of American Zoetrope s early movies were THX 1138 (1970), co-written by George Lucas, with Walter Murch, and directed by George Lucas, and American Graffiti (1973), written and directed by Lucas, who then went out on his own to make Star Wars and its sequels. At Zoetrope in Hollywood, Mr. Coppola had nine sound stages; several one-story and two-story buildings; four bungalows, including one that was used by Harold Lloyd and is still named for him; and plenty of wardrobe space and rehearsal... (New Yorker)
The lost art of film editing Aug 13, 2006
RECENTLY, THE BIG-SCREEN VERSION of ``Miami Vice" and the 25th birthday of MTV reminded us of how the small-screen fare of the 1980s ushered in a flashy, high-velocity aesthetic that transformed the moving image as we knew it. The timing seems especially apt because, at least for this viewer, 2006 marks the moment that the dizzying pinball effect of hyperspeed editing has finally permeated every last corner of mainstream American cinema-not just the ADD-inducing action spectaculars that breed in... (Boston Globe)
In-Depth Features Feb 12, 2006
Other notable participants have included Ken Adam, John Boorman, Christopher Doyle, Mike Figgis, Stephen Frears, Anthony Minghella, Walter Murch, Tom Tykwer and Wim Wenders. This year, producer Jeremy Thomas ("Fast Food Nation"), cinematographer Doyle ("The Quiet American") and editor Jim Clark ("Vera Drake") are among the lecturers. (Variety)
'Apocalypse Revised' for a generation without reason Jan 26, 2006
This is no surprise, given that it benefits from the gnome-work of cinematographer Roger Deakins (the Coen Brothers' later work) and editor Walter Murch ("Apocalypse Now" among others) ... Walter Murch's work on both films adds another layer of irony. (The Daily Star, Lebanon)
