With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.
Bruce BeresfordIn 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 BeresfordWhen the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.
Bruce BeresfordThere 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.
Bruce Beresford