The latest news and features on film editor and sound designer Walter Murch
June 2024
Her Name Was Moviola review – ode to editing machine a geekgasm for analogue fans
One for the historians and tech specialists maybe, but this documentary about the Moviola, used from the 1920s until the 21st century, is a fascinating watch
August 2020
Coup 53 review – riveting documentary on a very British coup
Taghi Amirani’s gripping film about the move against Iran’s prime minister highlights an inglorious chapter of history
August 2019
Francis Ford Coppola: 'Apocalypse Now is not an anti-war film'
Forty years since its first release, the director has been reworking his masterpiece for a definitive edition. How does he view his film – and the madness of its making – after all these years?
April 2016
How we made
How we made The English Patient
Kristin Scott Thomas: ‘The love scenes with Ralph Fiennes were like jumping naked into an icy swimming pool’
April 2015
Film blog
My favourite Cannes winner: The Conversation
Catherine Shoard
Continuing our series in which writers choose their favourite Palme d’Or winners. Today: Francis Ford Coppola’s taut, scratchy paranoia classic starring Gene Hackman
June 2013
Walter Murch: searching for the sound of the God particle
Particle Fever editor Walter Murch: 'The Higgs boson is kind of a MacGuffin' - video interview
January 2008
Making video
The language of dreams
Multi-Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch explains his fascination with the editing process