ReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks

ReFocus: The Literary Films of Richard Brooks highlights the accomplishments of one of postwar America's most important and successful directors, with an emphasis on the 'literary' aspects of his career, including his work as a screenwriter and adaptor of such modern classics as 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof', 'Lord Jim', and 'The Brothers Karamazov'.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of Figures
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Notes on Contributors
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Acknowledgments
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1 - Introduction
pp 1-13
- By R. Barton Palmer, Homer B. Pettey
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2 - The Brick Foxhole (1945): Richard Brooks’s American Vision
pp 14-30
- By Matthew H. Bernstein
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3 - The Muted Voices of Conscience and Responsibility in Crisis (1950)
pp 31-43
- By Alan Woolfolk
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4 - Deadline—U.S.A. (1952): A Fox Film of Fact
pp 44-62
- By R. Barton Palmer
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5 - “Man Against the Times”: Conformity, Anti-Statism, and the “Unknown” Korean War in Battle Circus (1953)
pp 63-74
- By Ian Scott
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6 - Captured Interiors: Female Performances in The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) and The Happy Ending (1969)
pp 75-89
- By Daniel Varndell
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7 - Blackboard Jungle (1955): A Cinematic Education
pp 90-106
- By Steven Rybin
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8 - Hunting and the Economics of Adaptation: The Last Hunt (1956) and The Professionals (1966)
pp 107-122
- By Homer B. Pettey
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9 - The Curse of Money: Negotiating Marriage in The Catered Affair (1956)
pp 123-137
- By Elisabeth Bronfen
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10 - Adapting Modernism: Richard Brooks and The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
pp 138-151
- By Douglas McFarland
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11 - Haunted: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
pp 152-165
- By David Sterritt
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12 - A Bite of Salvation
pp 166-182
- By Murray Pomerance
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13 - “Monstrous Cinemascope”: Richard Brooks Adapts Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
pp 183-199
- By William H. Epstein
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14 - Adapting the Unadaptables: Lord Jim (1965)
pp 200-214
- By Thomas Leitch
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15 - Adaptation as Mutation: In Cold Blood (1967)
pp 215-230
- By Jennifer L. Jenkins
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16 - Looking for Mr. Good Guy: Anatomizing ’70s Fracture and Fragmentation
pp 231-245
- By Julie Grossman
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17 - Failing to Locate Wrong is Right (1982) and What that Reveals about Cinematic Reality
pp 246-260
- By Allen H. Redmon
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Bibliography
pp 261-271
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures
pp vii-viii

Notes on Contributors
pp ix-xi

Acknowledgments
pp xii-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-13

2 - The Brick Foxhole (1945): Richard Brooks’s American Vision
pp 14-30

3 - The Muted Voices of Conscience and Responsibility in Crisis (1950)
pp 31-43

4 - Deadline—U.S.A. (1952): A Fox Film of Fact
pp 44-62

5 - “Man Against the Times”: Conformity, Anti-Statism, and the “Unknown” Korean War in Battle Circus (1953)
pp 63-74

6 - Captured Interiors: Female Performances in The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) and The Happy Ending (1969)
pp 75-89

7 - Blackboard Jungle (1955): A Cinematic Education
pp 90-106

8 - Hunting and the Economics of Adaptation: The Last Hunt (1956) and The Professionals (1966)
pp 107-122

9 - The Curse of Money: Negotiating Marriage in The Catered Affair (1956)
pp 123-137

10 - Adapting Modernism: Richard Brooks and The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
pp 138-151

11 - Haunted: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
pp 152-165

12 - A Bite of Salvation
pp 166-182

13 - “Monstrous Cinemascope”: Richard Brooks Adapts Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
pp 183-199

14 - Adapting the Unadaptables: Lord Jim (1965)
pp 200-214

15 - Adaptation as Mutation: In Cold Blood (1967)
pp 215-230

16 - Looking for Mr. Good Guy: Anatomizing ’70s Fracture and Fragmentation
pp 231-245

17 - Failing to Locate Wrong is Right (1982) and What that Reveals about Cinematic Reality
pp 246-260

Bibliography
pp 261-271

Index
pp 272-287

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