The mind of Walter Murch

Published 2007-04-10    Printer-friendly version

Here's another gem from Geoff Manaugh at BLDGBLOG. Film editor Walter Murch may seem like an odd interview choice for an architectural blog, but Murch's interests intersect the architectural plane at a number of points, including an unexpected connection between Copernicus and the Pantheon. I visited the Pantheon in 1997 and I remember being both disappointed to discover that this ancient building was not made of cut stone, and boggled at the thought of a 1900 year old concrete structure. But the Murch interview is about much more than the Pantheon and an ancient idea that the planets revolve around the sun; topics include sound recording and archicture, surveillance recording, and an inspired idea for a real-time high def video feed of the earth, from orbit.

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