Reading like a survival manual for aspiring filmmakers, There’s a Fax from Bruce is a fascinating insight into filmmaking in the 1990s from two of Australia’s most successful film practitioners.
Between 1989 and 1997, Bruce Beresford and Sue Milliken made nine films between them, two of which they made together. And when they weren’t on set, they used the fax machine to stay in touch. As well as taking care of business, the faxes were a commentary—sometimes droll and often wry—on life around them, written to amuse and liberally laced with industry gossip. Sent from Broome and South Africa and beyond, they make a fun, fascinating, informative and ultimately charming read.
BRUCE BERESFORD is one of Australia’s greatest film directors, who has made over 30 feature films over a 50-year career. Notable films he has directed include Breaker Morant (1980), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Black Robe (1992), Paradise Road (1997), Mao’s Last Dancer (2007) and Ladies in Black (2018).
SUE MILLIKEN AO is an Australian film producer whose credits include Black Robe (1991), Sirens (1993), Dating the Enemy (1995), Paradise Road (1997), My Brother Jack (2002), The Redfern Story (2014) and Ladies in Black (2018). She is a former Chair of the Australian Film Commission and the recipient of the Australian Film Institute’s Raymond Longford Award. Her book about dogs, Dogs in the City was published in 2012 and her memoir, Selective Memory, in 2013.
| Cast Info | - |
| Genres | Screenplays/Screen books |
| Themes | - |
| Audiences | Adult |
| Extent | 264 |
| Edition | First |
| Size | 153 x 234 |