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
song opera revival
The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.
song art numbers
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.
world opera popularity
Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.
people kitchen trying
When we were trying to get the money together for the film, one reason that was consistently given for not investing in it was that 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.
want way directors
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.
character trying film
With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.
mexico hats photograph
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.
thinking hbo mature
At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.
drama play singing
Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
sassy tree saws
With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.
growing-up men white-man
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.
men people stories
I thought, This is fabulous. It sent shivers up my spine. I thought, What kinds of people are these that would produce this kind of music in a camp? All the prison camp stories I've seen, and heard of, were about the heroism of men. As I researched this and heard the music, I realized that women were heroic too, on just as grand a scale. And their treatment was just as appalling.
viewpoints directors watches
On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through.
character singers wonderful
It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with the characters they are portraying.