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32: “Coup 53” Editor Walter Murch, ACE

Art of the Frame

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Do You Have a Soundtrack for Koot 53?

Koot 53 is a documentary about the 1953 coup in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The film was made using mostly classical music but slowed it down and distorted it. Lalo Shiffrin recreates some of THX 1138's temps with an orchestra. Koot 53 also uses animation to invoke what might have been going through people's minds as they were telling their story.

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