3 Quotes & Sayings By Walter Murch

Walter Murch is an English American film sound editor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He won Academy Awards for his work on the films "Apocalypse Now" (1979), "The English Patient" (1996), and "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013). He has also won BAFTA Awards for his work on the films "The Hateful Eight" (2015) and "Gravity" (2013). Murch was born in London to American parents Read more

His father Stanley Murch was originally from Washington, D.C.

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Most of us are searching-consciously or unconsciously- for a degree of internal balance and harmony between ourselves and the outside world, and if we happen to become aware-like Stravinsky- of a volcano within us, we will compensate by urging restraint. By that same token, someone who bore a glacier within them might urge passionate abandon. The danger is, as Bergman points out, that a glacial personality in need of passionate abandon may read Stravinsky and apply restraint instead. Walter Murch
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Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does. Walter Murch