Sharp Cut : Harold Pinter's Screenplays and the Artistic Process / Steven H. Gale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gale, Steven H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture plays, English--History and criticism.

Motion picture plays, English.

Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008--Technique.

Pinter, Harold.

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

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (539 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2003.

Language Note:

English

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 extr

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chronology; Introduction; The Servant; The Caretaker (The Guest); The Pumpkin Eater; The Quiller Memorandum; The Basement (The Compartment); Accident; The Birthday Party; The Go-Between; The Homecoming; The Proust Screenplay (Remembrance of Things Past); The Last Tycoon; The French Lieutenant's Woman; Betrayal; Victory; Turtle Diary; Reunion; The Handmaid's Tale; The Comfort of Strangers; The Trial; Lolita; Bits and Pieces; The Creative/Collaborative Process; Conclusions; Appendixes; Appendix A: Quick Reference

Appendix B: Honors and Awards for Screen writingAppendix C: Film and Television Directing; Appendix D: Movie and Television Roles Acted by Pinter; Notes; Bibliography: Works Cited; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [462]-476) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813180502

0813180503

9780813180830

081318083X

9780813147956

0813147956

OCLC:

900344454