Sharp cut : Harold Pinter's screenplays and the artistic process / Steven H. Gale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gale, Steven H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008--Motion picture plays.

Pinter, Harold.

Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008.

Motion picture plays.

Motion picture plays--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

xviii, 520 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Harold Pinter's screenplays and the artistic process

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2003]

Summary:

Best known as one of the most important playwrights of the twentieth century, Harold Pinter has also written many highly regarded screenplays, including Academy Award-nominated screenplays for The French Lieutenant's Woman and Betrayal, collaborations with English director Joseph Losey, and an unproduced script for the remake of Stanley Kubrick's 1962 adaptation of Lolita.

In this definitive study of Pinter's screenplays, Steven H. Gale compares the scripts with their sources and the resulting films, analyzes their stages of development, and shows how Pinter creates unique works of art by extracting the essence from his source and rendering it in cinematic terms. Gale introduces each film, traces the events that led to the script's writing, examines critical reaction to the film, and provides an extensive bibliography, appendices, and an index.

Contents:

1 Preface

2 Chronology

3 Introduction

4 The Servant

5 The Caretaker (The Guest)

6 The Pumpkin Eater

7 The Quiller Memorandum

8 The Basement (The Compartment)

9 Accident

10 The Birthday Party

11 The Go-Between

12 The Homecoming

13 The Proust Screenplay (Remembrance of Things Past)

14 The Last Tycoon

15 The French Lieutenant's Woman

16 Betrayal

17 Victory

18 Turtle Diary

19 Reunion

20 The Handmaid's Tale

21 The Comfort of Strangers

22 The Trial

23 Lolita

24 Bits and Pieces

25 The Creative/ Collaborative Process

26 Conclusions

27 Appendix A:

28 Appendix B:

29 Appendix C:

30 Appendix D:

31 Notes

32 Bibliography:

33 Selected Bibliography

34 Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [462]-495) and index.

ISBN:

0813122449

OCLC:

50919885