This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Editing explore the economic collapse of Wall Street in 2008 as a black comedy; return to an iconic post-apocalyptic world, as well as a …
B Desowitz
B Desowitz
Bill Desowitz writes about film for his Immersed in Movies blog (www.billdesowitz.com) and is a regular contributor to Thompson on Hollywood at Indiewire and Animation World Network. He can be contacted at bill.desowitz@yahoo.com.
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May the Score Be with You: Music Editor Ramiro Belgardt Returns for ‘Star Wars’ Reboot
by B Desowitz10 minutes readMusic Editor Ramiro Belgardt is no stranger to the Star Wars saga. He got in just in time to work on 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, the last of the …
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Drone warfare “is not only topical, or even controversial; it’s something that many of us are ambivalent about.
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This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Sound Editing transport us to three very distinct war zones (American Sniper, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Unbroken), take us for …
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It’s not surprising that director Christopher Nolan drove the sound to a greater extent than ever before on his first space adventure, Interstellar, opening November 7 through Paramount Pictures. That’s …
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What’s fascinating about ‘The CG Story’, therefore, is the realization that live action has become more like animation and vice-versa.
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Daydream Believer: Greg Hayden on the Reimagining of ‘Walter Mitty’
by B Desowitz9 minutes readGreg Hayden was worried that the story might not be as interesting when the fantasies ended. But he was pleased when the opposite happened, and he worked diligently on maintaining …
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“Before Sunrise was the second film I edited for Rick, and it was also the first film I ever cut on an Avid… I was confronted with the challenge of starting …
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The first Foley artist to receive the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) Career Achievement Award, Foley artist John Roesch has contributed to over 400 movies in the last four decades, …
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The President’s Pocket Watch Is Ticking: The Authentic Sounds of ‘Lincoln’
by B Desowitz6 minutes read“There it was, ticking after 150 years, and we recorded it. We were able to use that during the few, brief moments where Lincoln was actually handling his watch.” – …
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