Bruce Beresford

His favorite films according to the 'Sight and Sound' Top Ten poll: Falstaff (1965), The Apu Trilogy (La Complainte du sentier (1955), L'invaincu (1956), Le monde d'Apu (1959)), Ludwig ou le crépuscule des dieux (1973), La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928), La poursuite infernale (1946), Fanny et Alexandre (1982), La règle du jeu (1939), Huit heures de sursis (1947), La strada (1954) and La Chute du faucon noir (2001).

[on Tendre bonheur (1983) and lead actor Robert Duvall] Duvall was strange. First of all he was and is a great actor. You could ask him to do a scene five, six times and he'd do it exactly the same way every time. But, on the other hand, there would be delays, like we had to wire up a whole house and he'd just get restless. He'd get mad.