‘Lawrence of Arabia’ is a glorious 4-hour piece of filmmaking history
When David Lean lost interest in doing a film about Gandhi with Alec Guinness in the lead role, he turned…
Editing
In 1941 the young Robert Wise met the equally young Orson Welles
In 1941 the young Robert Wise met the equally young Orson Welles. And the rest, as they say, is film-history….
“There is something of the confession booth to the editing room”
When legendary editor and sound designer Walter Murch talks, you better listen. Murch has been editing sound in Hollywood since…
“The best education in film is to make one. I would advise any neophyte director to try to make a film by himself. A three-minute short will teach him a lot”
Stanley Kubrick actually made the transition from photography to film after reading Vsevolod Pudovkin’s Film Technique. Pudovkin was a Russian film director, screenwriter…
Thelma Schoonmaker Breaks Down ‘Raging Bull’
It’s said that a movie is made three times: once through a script, once on set, and finally in the…