In the Blink of An Eye : New Edition Paperback

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 reader 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 pages) in light of the technological changes that have taken place in the six years since its publication. show more " Product details Format Paperback | 120 pages Dimensions 140 x 215 x 12.95mm | 225g Publication date 01 Sep 2001 Publisher Silman-James PressU.S. Publication City/Country Los Angeles CA United States Language English Edition Revised Edition Statement 2nd ed. Illustrations note illus ISBN10 1879505622 ISBN13 9781879505629 Bestsellers rank 7750