Cirrus@Austlit

Epigraph:

That we would see in letters five feet highHis name one day spread shining in the gloom
Preceded with the words ‘Directed by’ –
To doubt that prospect there was never room.
He had the screenplay ready in the womb.
He was (he’ll know I say it without unction)
By nature built for one creative function.– Clive James on Bruce Beresford

I didn’t make it into Halliwell’s cinema directory until I’d directed 15 films and had two Academy Award nominations. Yet he had Icelandic directors listed who had done one movie.– Bruce Beresford 

Very nice of the SMH to note the bad reviews for my film. Did they do the same for Fred (Schepisi) on Mr Baseball and Peter (Weir) on Fearless? Why am I singled out!

– Bruce Beresford to Sue Milliken