Murch, Walter 1943-

Cold Mountain ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and held by 1,915 libraries worldwide
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.

Touch of evil ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 1,228 libraries worldwide
On honeymoon with his new bride, Susan, Mexican-born police officer Mike Vargas agrees to investigate a car bombing. In so doing, he incurs the wrath of local police chief Hank Quinlan, a corrupt, bullying behemoth with a perfect arrest record. Vargas suspects that Quinlan has planted evidence to win his past convictions, and he is not about to let the suspect in the current case be railroaded. Determined to get Vargas out of his hair, Quinlan makes a deal with local crime boss Uncle Joe Grandi to frame Susan on a drug rap. Dissecting the nature of good and evil in a hallucinatory, nightmarish ambiance, this baroque south-of-the-border mystery opens with one of the most remarkably extended long takes in movie history.

K-19 the widowmaker ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 1,074 libraries worldwide
Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in the K-19's cooling system soon threatens the nuclear payload.

The conversations : Walter Murch and the art of editing film by Michael Ondaatje ( Book )
21 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in English and held by 857 libraries worldwide
Conversations, over the course of a year, between the author and Walter Murch.

Ghost ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 761 libraries worldwide
A ghost teams up with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder--and to rescue his sweetheart from a similar fate.

In the blink of an eye : a perspective on film editing by Walter Murch ( Book )
7 editions published between 1995 and 2004 in English and held by 644 libraries worldwide
"In the Blink of an Eye is editor Walter Murch's essay of film editing. Starting with what might seem to be the most basic editing question - Why do cuts work? - he treats the reader to a marvelous "ride" through the esthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his insights on such subjects as continuity and discontinuity in editing, dreaming, and real life; the criteria of a good cut; and the blink of the eye as both an analog to and an emotional cue for the cut. New to this second edition is Murch's lengthy meditation on the current state of digital editing."--BOOK JACKET.

Return to Oz ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1985 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 604 libraries worldwide
Dorothy, back in Kansas, can't stop thinking about Oz. She believes that her friends have sent her a key. Auntie Em, worried for Dorothy's health, takes her to a famous doctor who works miracles with electricity. Dorothy escapes from the mental hospital. When she awakes, she and a chicken named Billina find themselves in Oz. Dorothy tries to find her old friends in the Emerald City, but learns that they have all been transformed by the Nome King. And the evil witch Mombie wants Dorothy's head. It's up to Dorothy, Billina, and their new friends, Tik-Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead, and a Gump-thing to defeat Mombie and the Nome King and restore the rightful ruler of Oz to her throne.

Audio-vision : sound on screen by Michel Chion ( Book )
1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 561 libraries worldwide

THX 1138 ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1983 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 529 libraries worldwide
"A man whose mind and body are controlled by the government ... makes a harrowing attempt to escape from a world where thoughts are controlled, freedom is an impossibility and love is the ultimate crime." -- Container.

Cold Mountain ( Visual )
6 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 363 libraries worldwide
Inman, a young Confederate soldier, who is injured during the explosive 1864 battle of Petersburg, Virginia, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.