cover image Films of Harold Pinter the

Films of Harold Pinter the

. State University of New York Press, $29.95 (188pp) ISBN 978-0-7914-4932-5

While Harold Pinter's plays have garnered praise and admiration, The Films of Harold Pinter pays overdue attention to Pinter's most overlooked work. Steven H. Gale (Butter's Going Up: A Critical Analysis of Harold Pinter's Work) has assembled essays by 10 film scholars on Pinter's screenplays for Lolita, The Remains of the Day, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Go-Between and others. His effort represents the first concerted academic treatment of the products and processes of Pinter's screenwriting. Seven film stills. ( Apr.)