As time has gone by, though, Touch of Evil has acquired a large cult following, and it now regularly appears on lists of the best films of the century. What is not generally known is that the film never accurately reflected Welles's intentions for it. In July 1957, the studio took over the editing of the film and prevented him from participating in its completion. In an odd turn of events, however, a 58-page memo that Welles wrote in 1957 was recently rediscovered, and a small team on which I was film editor and sound mixer has used that remarkable document to bring Touch of Evil
as close as possible to Welles's original concept. - Walter Murch, 1998
posted by Trurl
on Jun 14, 2011 -
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Digitalfilms, a blog by video/film editor
Oliver Peters, serves primarily as a repository for his product reviews pertaining to nonlinear editing systems - including, but not limited to, Avid Media Composer and Apple Final Cut Pro...
[more inside]
posted by Neilopolis
on Dec 2, 2009 -
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Did the roof of the Pantheon influence Copernicus? Are the planets of the solar system aligned in accordance with a nearly-forgotten hypothesis known (unfairly) as
Bode's Law? A fascinating wide-ranging discussion on BLDGBLOG with
Walter Murch, the visionary editor and sound designer for such films as
The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, THX1138, and many others. [Murch's film work has previously been discussed
here and
here.]
posted by digaman
on Apr 7, 2007 -
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The visual interplay of helicopters and fan blades in the
opening scene of
Apocalypse Now. The
idiot-future soundscapes in
THX-1138. The concept for the
baptism montage in
The Godfather. The actual cut of the "Director's Cut" of
Touch of Evil. The man responsible for all of these is
Walter Murch, one of the greatest film and sound editors of all time.
More Inside.
posted by Iridic
on Sep 19, 2006 -
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