The films of Harold Pinter
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The films of Harold Pinter
(SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video)
State University of New York Press, c2001
- : pbk
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p.165-174) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Films of Harold Pinter is a collection of ten original essays on the screenplays of master British dramatist and screenwriter Harold Pinter. Written by noted Pinter and film specialists, the book explores individual Pinter masterpieces such as The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Go-Between, Accident, and The Pumpkin Eater. Along with offering explications of the films themselves, it also provides insights into Pinter's creative process and the differences between the novel, drama, and film.
Despite having written twenty-three film scripts and concentrating his recent artistic attention almost exclusively on screenwriting, Pinter's work for the screen has been paid sparse critical attention over the years. This book leaves little doubt, however, that Harold Pinter has made important contributions to the cinema, not the least of which has to do with the primary characteristics of his screenplays—in almost every case he has produced a script that is a work of art in its own right, one that can stand on its own.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. "Swift Strokes": The Pumpkin Eater--The Adaptive Screenplay as a Unique Text
WILLIAM L. HORNE
2. The Eternal Summer of Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter's Accident
WHEELER WINSTON DIXON
3. The Ecology of The Go-Between
MARYA BEDNERIK
4. The Tragedy of Illusion: Harold Pinter and The Last Tycoon
KATHERINE H. BURKMAN and MIJEONG KIM
5. Harold Pinter's The French Lieutenant's Woman: A Masterpiece of Cinematic Adaption
STEVEN H. GALE
6. Daddy Dearest: Harold Pinter's The Comfort of Strangers
ANN C. HALL
7. On The Remains of the Day: Harold Pinter Remaindered
EDWARD T. JONES
8. Producing The Trial: A Personal Memoir
LOUIS MARKS
9. Harold Pinter's Lolita: "My Sin, My Soul"
CHRISTOPHER C. HUDGINS
10. Isak Dinesen with a Contemporary Social Conscience: Harold Pinter's Film Adaptation of "The Dreaming Child"
FRANCIS X. GILLEN
Appendix I: Chronology of Pinter's Film and Television Writing
Appendix II: Awards for Screenwriting
Selected Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
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