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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 government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Australia Bureau Could Enlightened Films Finance Fund Get Go Government Kick Move Off Quite Scripts Set Sort Special Up You

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In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Find Floyd Operas Permanent Place Repertoire View Will

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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

Topics: Challenges Everyone Film Fixed Lighting Much Opera Really Relate Sets Stage Too Too Much Viewpoint Watching You

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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. Cutting was quite infrequent.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Acted Camera Cutting Down Everybody Front Movies Off Put Quite Silent Then Walked

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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 but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Antiquated Art Art Form Attract Created Drama Essential Everything Form Glorious Man Most Music Opera People Possible See Some Young Young People

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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.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Characters Connecting Enough Hit Just No Point Notes Point Portraying Singers Standing Wonderful

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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.

~Bruce Beresford

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Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Difficult Difficult Thing Feet Mexico Most Most Difficult Thing Mountains Perhaps Scenes Set Shooting Thing Up

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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.

~Bruce Beresford

Topics: Although Apart Around Audience Being Commissioned Ensure Few More Nothing Operas Performance Popularity Quite Still Than World

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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 Mercies was something like five times all of my Australian films combined.

~Bruce Beresford

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Director

Born: August 16th, 1940

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