It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created.
~ Bruce Beresford
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.
In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films.
