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Her Name Was Moviola

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Almost every film made in Hollywood from the mid-1920's until the mid 1990's -- the seven-decade-long simmering summer of the studio system, encompassing the arrival of sound, Technicolor, 3-D, Cinemascope and Smell-O-Rama -- was edited on a Moviola. Join acclaimed film editor Walter Murch (nine Academy Award nominations and three wins, ACE Career Achievement award), and esteemed film director Mike Leigh (seven Academy Award nominations, Cannes Palme d'Or winner, BAFTA Film Academy Fellowship) in a unique new documentary project which tells the story of Moviola editing. Moviola editing as you will see was highly external -- every aspect of the process was a broad physical gesture in space and time. A bin is physically a bin, a splice is physically a splice, and you have to physically rewind using muscle power to get from the end of a reel back to the beginning, and so on.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Murch’s Moviola adventure is a bit niche, and perhaps may be of interest mainly to historians and technical specialists. But there is fascination in it. Rated: 4/5 Jun 20, 2024 Full Review Paul Emmanuel Enicola The Movie Buff “Her Name Was Moviola” is a film nerd’s paradise. It’s also a eulogy for a machine that revolutionized cinema—and a middle finger to the digital age. Rated: B Mar 10, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Howard Berry

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Walter Murch

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Mike Leigh

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Howard Berry

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Dan Farrell

Self

Walter Murch

Screenwriter
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Synopsis Almost every film made in Hollywood from the mid-1920's until the mid 1990's -- the seven-decade-long simmering summer of the studio system, encompassing the arrival of sound, Technicolor, 3-D, Cinemascope and Smell-O-Rama -- was edited on a Moviola. Join acclaimed film editor Walter Murch (nine Academy Award nominations and three wins, ACE Career Achievement award), and esteemed film director Mike Leigh (seven Academy Award nominations, Cannes Palme d'Or winner, BAFTA Film Academy Fellowship) in a unique new documentary project which tells the story of Moviola editing. Moviola editing as you will see was highly external -- every aspect of the process was a broad physical gesture in space and time. A bin is physically a bin, a splice is physically a splice, and you have to physically rewind using muscle power to get from the end of a reel back to the beginning, and so on.
Director
Howard Berry
Producer
Howard Berry
Screenwriter
Walter Murch
Production Co
TheCurators!
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 10m