Walter Murch

The world’s most renowned directors discuss the role sound design has played in cultivating the emotional center of our favorite films.

Why does the uniquely cinematic language of film editing work? In real life we don't instantly jump from one viewpoint to another. And yet, film viewers effortlessly understand, and don't even notice, most edits. Using a wide array of fascinating clips, famed editor Walter Murch, scholar David Bordwell and eminent psychologists confront the mystery behind the profound naturalness of film editing.

A personal, intimate documentary from Susan Ray, Don’t Expect Too Much tells the inside story on one of Hollywood’s greatest and most iconic directors: the inimitable auteur Nicholas Ray. Full of juicy revelations, it also features a roster of talking heads including Jim Jarmusch and Victor Erice!