"Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound" A masterpiece documentary directed by the sound editor himself Interview with director Midge Costin [Director's Interview Vol.85]
Movies recommended by director Midge Costin
Below, we asked director Kostin to list things he would like people to actively watch from a sound perspective (in no particular order). Please use this as a reference when viewing.
" Eraserhead "
" The Elephant Man "
" Blue Velvet "
" Apocalypse Now "
" Conversation... Eavesdropping... "
" Star Wars "
" Jurassic Park "
" Toy Story "
" The Hurt Locker "
``Red dream''
" Gravity "
" Barton Fink "
" Dersu Uzala "
" Amélie "
" The Dark Knight "
" Days of Heaven "
" Tree of Life "
" First Man "
" Touch the Sound "
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Director: Midge Costin
She has worked in Hollywood for 25 years, mainly as a sound designer and sound editor. Although there were few women in the profession at the time, she participated in many major works such as "Cry-Baby" (1990), "Days of Thunder" (1990), "Dead Again" (1991), "Hocus Pocus" (1993), "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1994), "The Rock" (1996), "Con Air" (1997), and "Armageddon" (1998). She won Golden Reel Awards for Best Sound Editing for "Crimson Tide" (1995) and "Armageddon" (1998). She is a former director of the Sound Effects Directors Golden Reel Awards and has been a member of the American Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound Editors for many years. In 2005, George Lucas recognized her as a distinguished professor of arts in dialogue and sound editing, and she also teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. This is her first feature film as a director.
Interview and text: Kazuo Ozaki
Film critic and writer. His main writing sites include print media such as ``Figure King'', ``Champion RED'', ``Eiga Hiho'', and ``Hokkaido'', and web media such as ``Eiga.com'' and ``The Cinema''. In addition, he has contributed many explanations and essays to theater pamphlets, movie mook books, and DVD & Blu-ray software booklets. She also formed a cinema comedian unit [Movie Gachinko Brothers] under the name "Dolly Ozaki" and appears on TV and at talk events. Twitter: @dolly_ozaki
"Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound"
Released nationwide from Friday, August 28, 2020, including Shinjuku Cinema Karite
Distribution: Unplugged
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