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In the Blink of an Eye

A Perspective on Film Editing, 2nd Edition

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In the Blink of an Eye

Written by: Walter Murch, Francis Ford Coppola
Narrated by: Chris Brinkley
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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 listener 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 runtime) in light of the technological changes that have taken place in the six years since its publication.

This audiobook is expertly read by Chris Brinkley, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Annabel Dryden.

Copyright (c) 1995, 2001 by Walter Murch. Cover design by Heidi Freider, cover photograph by Michael D. Brown. (P) (2024) Echo Point Books & Media, LLC.

©1995, 2001 Walter Murch (P)2024 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
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