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.
The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals. - Bruce Beresford
The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals.
- Bruce Beresford
For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes. - Bruce Beresford
For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.
Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performa… - Bruce Beresford
Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performa…
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match. - Bruce Beresford
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.
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
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.
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 char… - Bruce Beresford
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 char…
I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them. - Bruce Beresford
I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.
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 tha… - Bruce Beresford
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 tha…
Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico. - Bruce Beresford
Perhaps the most difficult thing is shooting scenes set 6,000 feet up in the mountains of Mexico.
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