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Bruce Beresford quotes

Australian Director August 16, 1940

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Bruce Beresford quote: "With a film, I do my best to understand the author's..."
With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life. Bruce Beresford
I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room. Bruce Beresford
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match. Bruce Beresford
It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created. Bruce Beresford
When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen. Bruce Beresford
When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men. Bruce Beresford
There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I thought, I'd really like to do that. Bruce Beresford
Tender Mercies is a very low-budget film, but it was a huge budget compared to anything I had done in Australia. My fee for Tender Mercies was something like five times all of my Australian films combined. Bruce Beresford
In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films. Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford quote: "The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it..."
The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals. Bruce Beresford
The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever. Bruce Beresford
In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film. Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford quote: "There's a bright spot in every dark cloud."
There's a bright spot in every dark cloud. Bruce Beresford
In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they all walked off. Cutting was quite infrequent. Bruce Beresford
With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting. Bruce Beresford

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