The Number Of Opera Houses

Directing An Opera Is Similar To Directing A Play. The Singing Must Not Get In The Way Of The Drama.

In 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.

At Hbo, They Seem To Be Well-informed. They Make What I Think Are Really Quite Mature Films.

There 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.

When The Music And The Characters Are Flawlessly Synchronized, The Opera Develops An Emotional Force That Movies And Plays Cannot Match.