Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresfordis an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career. Notable films he has directed include Breaker Morant, Tender Mercies, Crimes of the Heartand Driving Miss Daisy...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth16 August 1940
CountryAustralia
moving government australia
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.
opera staging
I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.
music art drama
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.
perhaps scenes shooting
Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.
david famous king unknown
I said we should really use an unknown in King David because any actor that you use for such a famous figure, you're going to get a laugh.
agreeable guy sort work
Antonio is very focused, very well-prepared, he has thought about it a lot, read about it a lot. And he is a very agreeable sort of guy to work with.
casting certainly director directors friends-or-friendship spent strange struck talk talking time wish
I have some director friends who have said that they don't really like working with actors - directors who have said 'I wish they would just get on with it. I don't want to talk to them,' which always struck me as strange because I certainly like talking to actors and I have spent a long time casting them.
bet bring days directing directors effect general good separated studios tend
There are some good writer/directors in the U.S. as well. In general the writing and directing tend to be separated but I bet that most of the directors have a big effect on the scripts. These days the studios tend to bring in hordes of writers.
ideas long theatre
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.
directors film moments
Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied.
challenges directors scene
For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.
views opera permanent
In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.
challenges opera too-much
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.
cutting down-and cameras
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.