The cinema within / [directed by] Chad Freidrichs.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

First Run Features (Firm), publisher.

Freidrichs, Chad, film director.

Ildirar, Sermin, on-screen participant.

Murch, Walter, 1943- on-screen participant.

Nakano, Tamami, on-screen participant.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary.

Motion pictures--Editing.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Local Subjects:

Documentary.

Genre:

documentary film.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : First Run Features, [2025]

Language Note:

English dialogue; English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD, all regions; NTSC; wide screen (16:9); stereo.

digital

optical

stereo

NTSC

video file

DVD video

all regions

Summary:

The Cinema Within delves into the mystery of how and why an edited movie feels so natural. Drawing on the insights of editor Walter Murch, scholar David Bordwell, and a varied group of perceptual scientists, The Cinema Within explores how in the early years of motion pictures the most common edits were instinctively shaped to fit the contours of human perception - and that this might explain why, more than a century later, most modern-day filmmakers still rely on these exact same techniques. Drawing on dozens of examples from both well-known and obscure films across cinema history, it explores not only the essential grammar of the world's most popular art form, but the very mechanics of how we perceive reality. The result is a scientific cinematic adventure, a documentary in which our basic understanding of film editing becomes the dramatic heart of its story.

Participant:

Sermin Ildirar, Walter Murch, Tamami Nakano.

Credits:

Director, Chad Freidrichs.

Notes:

Originally released as a documentary film in 2024.

Title from disc label.

Wide screen (16:9).

OCLC:

1522125911

Publisher Number:

720229918428

18270272 Midwest Tape