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A great book for people of all skill levels and interests in film - even just movie buffs! Walter offers both the very interesting origins of physical film editing as well as the dawn of the digital movie age, and the crossover techniques that still exist today with the likes of Spielberg. At the very least there is some great info on editing techniques and understanding when to cut a shot and how to understand confident and nervous acting. There's something for everyone!

I eye opener hence the pin. Read if you want to learn about the science of cinema creation. Make you realise how the film or media make tell a story through visual provoking emotions and influence.

Good buy

I found this book a bit like Marmite; sometimes I loved it, sometimes I wanted to roll around in it, oh wait . . .While it is a bit old school and probably aimed at feature film editing, there are some great ideas in there (the main one being represented by the title) that have definitely helped me in my editing since reading it.

I have bought this while studying Editing & Post Production at university following the suggestion of my lecturer. A very good recommendation. It's a great essay on the art of editing written by a revered editor. I now work as an editor in tv drama and Walter Murch is someone you need to know. Also quoting this book is always a good thing to do when meeting fellow editors.

I'm still reading this, but what I've read so far gives a great insight into what goes into a movie. It won't necessarily improve your own editing, or film making, but it may do. And it is an interesting read. It also makes you realise that the editors name should be more prominent within the credits.

Great book and fast delivery like always.

I bought this book as Murch in an expert in his field and was hoping to extract some good information, about creativity, about techniques, about specific skills to use and refine as an editor.While the book was interesting to read, it was not what I was expecting. It was a nostalgic rant about analogue machines used for editing, and a dissection on pro and cons of the new digital era and editing systems.As I said, interesting to read, but not the reason why I bought it. The actual interesting part was a chapter or so.