Walter Murch: The Art of the Cut
Sun 4 - Sun 25 May
One of the most acclaimed film and sound editors in the history of cinema, three-time Academy Award®-winner Walter Murch has amassed an incomparable body of work. With a career spanning more than 50 years, Murch was involved in the early days of American Zoetrope studios with Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas in the late 60s.
In his new memoir, Suddenly Something Clicked, Murch invites readers on a voyage of discovery through film, through a mixture of personal stories, reflection on his own creative tactics and strategies, and reminiscences on his collaborations with Coppola, Lucas and later a close working relationship with Anthony Minghella.
Murch himself will be visiting Watershed on Thu 15 May for an event around the release of his new memoir, and will be in conversation following a screening of Her Name Was Moviola. To mark this occasion, we’ll be screening select highlights from his filmography in a season playing on Sundays throughout May, revisiting classics including Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, The Talented Mr Ripley and THX 1138, which Murch co-wrote with Lucas.
Upcoming screenings in this season
Apocalypse Now
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam War blowout is a hell-trip through the smoke and dazzle of imperial America’s most grandstanding rogue show.
The Godfather
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Starring Marlon Brando in his Oscar®-winning performance as the patriarch of the Corleone family, this first installment in the three-movie saga paints a dramatic portrait of the Sicilian clan’s rise and near fall from power in America.
Her Name Was Moviola + Walter Murch in Conversation
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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.
THX 1138
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A dystopian futuristic story about a man struggling to escape a robot-like society that forbids sex and enforces human assimilation.
The Talented Mr Ripley
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A young man (Matt Damon) travels to 1950s Italy and begins to assume the identity of a playboy (Jude Law) he was hired to bring back to the United States.
£11.00 full (plus 12% booking fee*) / £8.50 concessions (plus 12% booking fee*).
Aged 24 or under and refugees and asylum seekers
Any screening, any day any time for £5.00 (plus 12% booking fee*).
*Booking fee applies to online and phone booking only.