Her Name Was Moviola + Walter Murch in Conversation
classified 18 (CTBA)part of Walter Murch: The Art of the Cut
We’re honoured to welcome triple Oscar®-winner Walter Murch, one of cinema’s most acclaimed film and sound editors, to Bristol for a very special screening and in-conversation event to celebrate the launch of his new memoir Suddenly Something Clicked.
Murch will be live in conversation with film historian Andrew Kelly following a screening of the documentary Her Name Was Moviola, which premiered at last year’s Sheffield Doc Fest. An ode to the classic editing machine invented in 1922, the film sees Murch working with a team to rebuild a Moviola editing suite, taking us through the process of piecing a film together, producing its language and rhythm.
About Suddenly Something Clicked
Highly-lauded film editor, director, writer and sound designer Walter Murch reflects on the six decades of cinematic history he has been a considerable contributor to – and on what makes great films great. Together with Francis Coppola and George Lucas, Murch abandoned Hollywood in 1969 and moved to San Francisco to create the Zoetrope studio. Their vision was of a new kind of cinema for a new generation of film-goers.
Murch’s subsequent contributions in film editing rooms and sound-mixing theatres were responsible for ground-breaking technical and creative innovations. In this book, Murch invites readers on a voyage of discovery through film, with a mixture of personal stories, meditations on his own creative tactics and strategies, and reminiscences from working on The Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, Lucas’ American Graffiti, and Anthony Minghella’s The English Patient and The Talented Mr Ripley. Suddenly Something Clicked is a book that will change the way you watch movies.
This event is presented in partnership with our friends at Storysmith, with thanks to Faber.
Copies of Murch’s new memoir are available to purchase in advance at checkout for collection on the night, with book purchases reducing the price of your film ticket to just £5.00.
Books will also be available to purchase on the night for £30.00, courtesy of booksellers Storysmith, and Murch will be signing copies following the event (on a first come, first served basis).