Suddenly Something Clicked (The Languages of Film Editing and Sound Design)

The triple-Oscar winner of the Godfather films, Apocalypse Now and The English Patient presents a masterclass on movies and how they are made.

'A manual on how to make and watch films, and a beautiful memoir of the life of a cinematic artist.' Sight and Sound Books of the Year

Highly lauded film editor, director, writer and sound designer Walter Murch reflects on the six decades of cinematic history he has been a considerable contributor to – and on what makes great films great.

Together with Francis Coppola and George Lucas, Murch abandoned Hollywood in 1969 and moved to San Francisco to create the Zoetrope studio. Their vision was of a new kind of cinema for a new generation of film-goers. Murch's subsequent contributions in film editing rooms and sound-mixing theatres were responsible for ground-breaking technical and creative innovations.

In this book, Murch invites readers on a voyage of discovery through film, with a mixture of personal stories, meditations on his own creative tactics and strategies, and reminiscences from working on The Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, Lucas’ American Grafitti, and Anthony Minghella’s The English Patient and The Talented Mr Ripley.

Suddenly Something Clicked is a book that will change the way you watch movies.