Walter Murch: The Art of the Cut
Still from The Godfather

Walter Murch: The Art of the Cut

Season

Until 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

The Talented Mr Ripley

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The Talented Mr Ripley
Sun 25 May 14:00
Film

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.

Previous screenings in this season

THX 1138

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THX 1138
Please note: This was screened in May 2025
Film

A dystopian futuristic story about a man struggling to escape a robot-like society that forbids sex and enforces human assimilation.

Her Name Was Moviola
Please note: This was screened in May 2025
Film

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.

The Godfather

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The Godfather
Please note: This was screened in May 2025
Film

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.

Apocalypse Now

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Apocalypse Now
Please note: This was screened in May 2025
Film

Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam War blowout is a hell-trip through the smoke and dazzle of imperial America’s most grandstanding rogue show.

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