Bruce Beresford Quotes
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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…
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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…
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The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.
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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.
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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…
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When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.
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At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.
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Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
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Everyone has seen photographs of Mexicans wearing those big sombreros. When you come to Mexico, the astonishing thing is, nobody wears these hats at all.
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Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied.
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For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.
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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…
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In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.
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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.…
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Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.
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Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.
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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…
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With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.
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He's wrong. That's why his films look so terrible.
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I didn't get upset because I wasn't nominated, but I was a little surprised.
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