Bruce Beresford Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Bruce Beresford quotes and sayings page 3 (84 year old director). These are the last 8 out of 28 quotes we have for him.
“With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.”
“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.”
“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.”
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