{"product_id":"the-conversations-paperback-by-michael-ondaatje","title":"The Conversations Paperback by Michael Ondaatje","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2004-08-31)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780676976823\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e526.18\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.62 x 17.35 x 1.98\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and  a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a  great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the crafts  of writing and film shine through.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It was on the set of the movie adaptation of  his Booker Prize-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e, that Michael Ondaatje met the  master film and sound editor Walter Murch, and the two began a remarkable personal  conversation about the making of films and books in our time that continued over  two years. From those conversations stemmed this enlightened, affectionate book—a mine of wonderful, surprising observations and information about editing, writing  and literature, music and sound, the I-Ching, dreams, art and history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with stories about how some of the most important movies of the last thirty  years were made and about the people who brought them to the screen. It traces the  artistic growth of Murch, as well as his friends and contemporaries—including  directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Fred Zinneman and Anthony Minghella—from the creation of the independent, anti-Hollywood Zoetrope by a handful of  brilliant, bearded young men to the recent triumph of \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now Redux\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among  the films Murch has worked on are \u003ci\u003eAmerican Graffiti\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e, the remake  of \u003ci\u003eA Touch of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJulia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather\u003c\/i\u003e (all three), \u003ci\u003eThe Talented  Mr. Ripley\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e“Walter Murch is a true oddity in Hollywood.  A genuine intellectual and renaissance man who appears wise and private at the centre  of various temporary storms to do with film making and his whole generation of filmmakers.  He knows, probably, where a lot of the bodies are buried.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eMICHAEL ONDAATJE is the author of many novels, a memoir, a nonfiction book on film, and several books of poetry. \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e won the Booker Prize in 1992 and the Golden Man Booker in 2018; \u003ci\u003eAnil’s Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e won the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and the Prix Médicis. In 2016, he was appointed Companion of the Order of Canada. Born in Sri Lanka, he now lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e WALTER MURCH is one of the great master craftsman of the film world—a renowned  film and sound editor who has worked on many of the iconic films of our time, including  \u003ci\u003eThe Godfather I-III\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRedux\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Graffiti\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e,  \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently \u003ci\u003eCold Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, and won three Academy Awards.  He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Blink of an Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, and is translating the poetry of Curzio  Malaparte from Italian. 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