Two weeks ago, Walter Murch gave the annual State Of Cinema address at the San Francisco International Film Festival, which on paper seemed entirely appropriate. Who better than the preeminent “poet-philosopher of the cinema” (the festival's description of him) to, at least momentarily, rouse us out of the stupor of an art form that's currently all too focused on business?
Walter Murch is my hero. I'm a video editor and I just admire all that he does, and all that he's done for my field. Great man, and all filmmakers (no matter what field) can learn so much from him.