"With a film, I do my best to……" — Bruce Beresford
"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."
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28 Quotes by Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford has 28 quotes on this site.
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It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is…
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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…
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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…
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When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and…
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When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot…
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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…
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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.…
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