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Bruce Beresford, living legend of Australian cinema, is reluctantly persuaded to put on VR goggles for the first time.
He freezes in astonishment.
Director Bruce Beresford with Macbeth performers Eleanor Greenwood and Simon Meadows.
Credit:Penny Stephens
Breaker Morant and
Driving Miss Daisy. In the 3D, 360-degree virtual world created by the goggles, heâs sitting in a Melbourne bar while a pianist and opera singer perform the âdrinking songâ from
La Traviata.
Beresford turns his head, looking down at the keys on the piano, and around at the other bar patrons âbehindâ him, as the tuxedoed tenor warbles about the joys of booze and proffers a glass of champagne.