[2] Beginning with an explanation of the intended film recreation before the separate 35mm picture and mag stripe audio reels arrive, Dan Farrell as assistant editor, proceeds to synch the rushes together, before they are screened to Murch on a Steenbeck at the Stanley Kubrick estate.
Using an editing bench and Acmade synchroniser, as well as the titular Moviola, the pair cut and assemble the rushes while discussing the process and considerations an editor goes through.
Finally the finished edit is taken back the Kubrick Steenbeck and presented to Mike Leigh, in order for Murch to receive feedback from the director.
[citation needed] Her Name Was Moviola debuted on 14 June 2024, at Sheffield DocFest,[3] and in North America, at the 51st Telluride Film Festival.
[4] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian, in a four star review, recognised the "radical approach" by eschewing traditional interviews and archive material in favour of a full reconstruction, and described the film as a "geekgasm".