At Hbo, They Seem To Be Well-informed.

I Thought, This Is Fabulous. It Sent Shivers Up My Spine. I Thought, What Kinds Of People Are These That Would Produce This Kind Of Music In A Camp? All The Prison Camp Stories I've Seen, And Heard Of, Were About The Heroism Of Men. As I Researched This And Heard The Music, I Realized That Women Were Heroic Too, On Just As Grand A Scale. And Their Treatment Was Just As Appalling.

It's Not Enough To Hit The Notes. There Is No Point In The Singers Just Standing There And Sounding Wonderful If They're Not Connecting With The Characters They Are Portraying.

On Stage, The Audience Watches From A Fixed Viewpoint And The Director Cannot Retake Something He Doesn't Like. It Has To Work Straight Through.

Perhaps The Most Difficult Thing Is Shooting Scenes Set 6,000 Feet Up In The Mountains Of Mexico.

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