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book		Barry McKenzie holds his own : an original photoplay / by Barry Humphries in collaboration with Bruce Beresford South Melbourne, Vic.: Sun Books, 1974. Call No: 79BAR HUM Author: Humphries, Barry, 1934; Beresford, Bruce, 1940- joint author Place: South Melbourne, Vic. Publisher: Sun Books PubDate: 1974 PhysDes: 72p. ; 25cm Subject: BARRY MCKENZIE HOLDS HIS OWN (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1974) ISBN: 0725101970 : $2.50 Aust LON: anb72510197; 1630799 More info
Levy Collection book		Barry McKenzie holds his own / an original photoplay by Barry Humphries in collaboration with Bruce Beresford South Melbourne, Vic.: Sun Books, 1974. Author: Humpries, Barry; Beresford, Bruce Source: AT Place: South Melbourne, Vic. Publisher: Sun Books PubDate: 1974 PhysDes: [8], 72 p. : ill. ; 25 cm ISBN: 0725101970 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		The best film I never made : and other stories about a life in the arts / by Bruce Beresford Melbourne, Victoria: The Text Publishing Company, 2017. Call No: 81BER BER Author: Beresford, Bruce Source: AT Place: Melbourne, Victoria Publisher: The Text Publishing Company PubDate: 2017 PhysDes: 281 pages ; 24 cm Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCERS; DIRECTORS; AUSTRALIA; BERESFORD, BRUCE Summary: "This entertaining collection of stories by the acclaimed director of Breaker Morant, Driving Miss Daisy and Mao’s Last Dancer includes memoirs, brief lives and revealing accounts of the film world and beyond. Alongside unsung heroes from behind the camera and producers of dubious repute are Madeleine St John and Clive James, Margaret Olley and Jeffrey Smart, as well as a particularly seductive 1963 EH Holden—and Bruce Beresford’s father, whose strange and startling decline in old age is charted in a brilliant, poignant essay." -- BOOK BACK COVER ISBN: 9781925603101 Contents: -- I -- family, journeys, memories -- family tree -- my parents -- out of Toongabbie -- the end of the Roxy -- the lure of the EH -- in Guatemala -- pass the passport -- the age of memoirs -- inadvertant meetings - and premonitions -- II -- making and not making movies -- stumbling towards directing -- a career of sorts -- thoughts about actors and acting -- financing movies -- the Hubert Opperman saga -- the best film i never made -- III -- behind the screen -- the two Barrys -- memories of Horton Foote -- John Simon on film: an introduction -- Dino De Laurentiis, producer -- Tony Scott, director -- Robert Krasker: a sketch -- Sven Nykvist: an appreciation -- Don McAlpine, cameraman -- Ken Adam: a personal memoir -- Georges Delerue, composer -- Erich Korngold: a sketch -- IV-- opera, painters, writers -- a brief guide to American opera -- smart lessons -- a memory of Margaret Olley -- forgotten - and in Mildura -- Caravaggio and the cinema -- remembering B.S, Johnson -- Madeleine and me -- a remarkable man -- Australian literature and Film -- More info
script		Breaker Morant : shooting script [1979]. Call No: S BRE Author: Beresford, Bruce PubDate: [1979] PhysDes: 120 leaves Subject: BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) Notes: Unpublished script More info
script		Breaker Morant : post-production script [1980?]. Call No: S BRE Author: Beresford, Bruce PubDate: [1980?] PhysDes: 137 leaves Subject: BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) Notes: Unpublished script More info
journal article		Film Styles : Styles In Filmmaking in Lumiere (July-August 1971) iss.10 p.6-11 Author: Beresford, Bruce PhysDes: Article Subject: BERESFORD, BRUCE; HISTORY OF CINEMA; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; NOUVELLE VAGUE; INDUSTRY, FILM. JAPAN Summary: Article discussing previous filmmaking techniques, developments and theories (from early cinema, through to the French New Wave and Japanese cinema) that continue to affect modern-day film production, development, and viewership. More info
journal article		Film Styles : Into The Underground in Lumiere (November-December 1971) iss.12 p.32-35 Author: Beresford, Bruce PhysDes: Article Subject: BERESFORD, BRUCE; UNDERGROUND FILMS; FIREWORKS (US, Kenneth Anger, 1947); MARKOPOULOS, GREGORY Summary: Third instalement of Beresford's look into various film styles that influence current-day filmmaking. This section looks at underground cinema. More info
journal article		Film styles / 4 : the divided screen in Lumiere (September, 1972) iss.16 p.15-19 Author: Beresford, Bruce PhysDes: Article Subject: PROJECTION; PROJECTORS; HISTORY OF CINEMA; INDEPENDENT FILMS; BERESFORD, BRUCE; WOODSTOCK (US, Michael Wadleigh, 1970) Summary: Continuation of Bruce Beresford's exploration of experimental film techniques, this time discussing screens and projection Notes: Proceeding article by Max Taylor on Abel Gance (known for using similar screening techniques as those discussed by Beresford) continues pages 20-21 More info
journal article		Filming Batavia in Lumiere (March, 1973) iss.21 p.16-19 Author: Beresford, Bruce PhysDes: Article Subject: COSTUME DESIGNING; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. AUSTRALIA; FILMMAKING. AUSTRALIA; HISTORICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA; LOCATION SHOOTING. AUSTRALIA: WESTERN AUSTRALIA; BERESFORD, BRUCE; MORRISBY, TED; O'CONNELL, JOHN; WRECK OF THE BATAVIA, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1973) Summary: Bruce Beresford discusses his experiences as director on the semi-documentary Wreck of the Batavia, about a Dutch East India Company ship wrecked off the West Australian coast in 1629 More info
script		The fringe dwellers / screenplay by Bruce Beresford; from the novel by Nene Gare AT: [1986]. Call No: S FRI Author: Beresford, Bruce Place: AT PubDate: [1986] PhysDes: 83 leaves Subject: FRINGE DWELLERS, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1986) More info
journal article		Further into the underground in Lumiere (March-April, 1972) iss.14 p.32-34 Author: Beresford, Bruce PhysDes: Article Subject: EUROPEAN CINEMA; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS; UNDERGROUND FILMS; BERESFORD, BRUCE; DWOSKIN, STEPHEN; KEEN, JEFF; WARHOL, ANDY Summary: Discussion of underground cinema by Bruce Beresford More info
book		Josh Hartnett definitely wants to do this... : true stories from a life in the screen trade / Bruce Beresford Sydney: Fourth Estate, 2007. Call No: 81BER BER Author: Beresford, Bruce Place: Sydney Publisher: Fourth Estate PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: 322 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Subject: BERESFORD, BRUCE; INDUSTRY, FILM Summary: Award-winning film-maker Bruce Beresford takes us through the highs and lows of the screen trade - from high-powered dinner tables to obscure backlots, from the centres of power to far-flung locations - with a cast of characters that includes Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Jeffrey Archer, Steven Seagal, and many others. Delightfully literate and sharply observed, this is a highly entertaining insider's account of a rarely glimpsed world. [Taken from back cover.] ISBN: 0732284392 More info
book		There's a fax from Bruce : edited correspondence between director Bruce Beresford and producer Sue Milliken, October 1989 to March 1996 / foreword by Anthony Buckley AM. Strawberry Hills, NSW: Currency Press, 2016. Call No: 81(044) BER BER Author: Beresford, Bruce; Milliken, Sue Source: AT Place: Strawberry Hills, NSW Publisher: Currency Press PubDate: 2016 PhysDes: vi, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm. Subject: BERESFORD, BRUCE; MILLIKEN, SUE Summary: In the 1980s, director Bruce Beresford and producer Sue Milliken were mid-career in a world that welcomed film makers. They worked together on a number of projects, some of which never made it to the first day of filming, and stayed in touch by fax machine. As well as taking care of professional business, the faxes are chock full of industry gossip and news, ruminations on books they had read or films that they had seen. It's a fun, fascinating, informative and ultimately charming read. Notes: Includes index. ISBN: 9781925005660 Contents: Conetents: Foreword by Anthony Buckley -- 1989-91 A journey to paradise -- 1992 On-screen sparkle dulled by dim-witted judging -- 1993-94 He just didn't hear Sharon say 'no' -- 1995 Song of Survival -- 1996 Jodie Foster would prefer not to be here for the whole twelve weeks -- Acknowledgements -- Index More info

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