He has re-edited Orson Well's 1958 film Touch of Evil. At the time of the film's initial release the studio remixed the film to Well's displeasure. He fired off a letter with suggested changes. With those notes as their guide, Murch and re-edit producer Rick Schmidlin have reconstructed the film to Well's intentions. Some of the other films he's edited and/or mixed are The Conversation, American Graffiti, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather (II, and III)and The English Patient. He's also written a book about his work, In the Blink of An Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing. (ORIGINAL BROADCAST: 9
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