My Most Memorable Film
Walter Murch on ‘Apocalypse Now’
Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979) opens with a bang that befits its subject: the Vietnam War.
Re-recording Mixer
Columns
Still Telling a Sonic Story
by Kurt Kassulke, CAS Growing up in Minnesota, I was the son of a doctor mom and stepdad, and a […]
Columns
Sound Judgment
As the Motion Picture Editors Guild enters its 80th anniversary year, it’s important to recognize that 2017 also marks the 90th anniversary of the commercial ascendance of motion pictures with synchronized sound, which were called “talkies.”
Book Reviews
Planet Waves – Walter Murch and the Sounds of the Solar System
The title of Lawrence Weschler’s book, “Waves Passing in the Night: Walter Murch in the Land of the Astrophysicists,” is complex and slightly mysterious, fitting for an exploration into the mind of legendary picture editor, sound designer, sound editor, re-recording mixer, writer and director Walter Murch, ACE, CAS, MPSE.
Book Reviews
A Guide to Putting the ‘Pro’ in Pro Tools
If you’re a Pro Tools instructor, ‘Audio Production Basics With Pro Tools | First’ provides a guided, formal course of study that will turn beginners into Pro Tools engineers.
Features
Robert “Buzz” Knudson: An interview by Leslie Shatz Part 1
Cinemontage talked to Robert Knudson in his office on Seward Street for this two-part interview.
Features
Robert “Buzz” Knudson: An interview by Leslie Shatz Part 2
Robert Knudson talks about schedules, ‘eye-ear coordination’ and drugs and alcohol in the ’60s.
Features
Mixing in England
CineMontage interviewed Gerry Humphrey in his office at Twickenham Film Studios where he is the sound director, and where he has worked since 1963.
Features
Roll, Cut, Print
Production mixer Chris Munro, sound editor Victoria Rose Sampson and re-recording mixer Leslie Shatz share their different points of view about sound.
Features
Mmmm… Popcorn: ‘The Simpsons’ Goes to the Movies
The Simpsons Movie will not feel like most animated films of recent years, what with its 2-D production and an almost minimalist soundscape.
