'I’ve been asked a lot how Australians all seem to do well in the industry. For us, there’s nothing too hard. The other answer which I’ve fallen back on is that maybe it’s something they put in the beer.'
During production, Seale decided the two-hander, starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, would be a “fascinating” film to cap his career, electing against reuniting with Miller for “Furiosa,” the filmmaker’s upcoming “Fury Road” prequel, which is currently in production.It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” Seale recalled. “George said, ‘Well, I’m not going to ask you to do it.’ I thought to myself, ‘Ah great, now I don’t have to go through it all.
“One of the greatest compliments you can get is your granddaughter ringing and whispering in the phone, ‘Papa, guess what we’re watching in school! ‘Dead Poets Society,’” Seale said, mentioning his work with Peter Weir., Seale detailed his working relationship with Miller, reflected on his illustrious career and explained why he stayed out of retirement to shoot “Three Thousand Years of Longing.
We were so privileged to be presented with that. We actually designed a shot around that. The quality of it that I found so lovely was it didn’t take away from the incredible crispness in the way that the digital negative can, but it somehow softened it to a point where it almost looked like a really good old-fashioned film lens. I loved it for that. They very graciously took it back and finished their press junket and then they gave it back to us for the last six weeks of shooting.