326. Legendary director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Double Jeopardy) on six songs that have influenced and inspired him, from Leonard Cohen to Willie Nelson

Sep 14, 2020

Legendary Australian filmmaker Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Breaker Morant) joins me to discuss five songs that have influenced and inspired him from throughout his life and career, plus we talk about the process of shaping the music for his classic film Tender Mercies, the challenges of licensing songs for movies, how he approaches working with screenplays and writers as a director and the projects he’s working on now. Bruce’s six songs are:

1. Dick Powell - Lulu’s Back in Town
2. Elizabeth Welch - Yesterday
3. Leonard Cohen - I’m Your Man
4. Tim Carroll - What’ll We Do Til Then?
5. Lizz Wright - Leave Me Standing Alone
6. Willie Nelson - What Was It You Wanted?
7. Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing