Once Upon a Time… In the Philippines: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ Is a Three-Time Prime Cut of Film-Making Largesse
By Tim Pelan According to its director Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now was “a Los Angeles dream of war.”…
Walter Murch
‘American Cinema’ explores film history and American culture through the eyes of over 150 Hollywood insiders
Using clips from more than 300 of the greatest movies ever made, this series explores film history and American culture…
‘Watching feature motion pictures in theaters is barely a hundred years old, and I’ve been working in films for half that time’
by Sven Mikulec After the Camerimage international film festival’s special screening of The Talented Mr. Ripley, Anthony Minghella’s wonderful and…
‘American Graffiti’: A Sentimentally Affectionate Look at America Before the Collective Loss of Innocence
We’ve always found the tagline of George Lucas’ American Graffiti, the nostalgic story of being young and innocent in a…
‘The Conversation’: A Brilliantly Composed Symbol of Watergate America
Between the huge successes of two Godfather movies, Francis Ford Coppola had the time to make, according to his own…
“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…