포커스 (2001)
Focus
In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.
- 개봉일
- 2001-10-19
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (34)
- 상영 시간(분)
- 1시간 46분
- 장르
- 드라마
- 감독
- Neal Slavin
출연진
- 윌리엄 H. 메이시 — Lawrence 'Larry' Newman
- 로라 던 — Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
- 데이비드 페이머 — Mr. Finkelstein
- Meat Loaf — Fred
- Kay Hawtrey — Mrs. Newman
- Michael Copeman — Carlson
- Kenneth Welsh — Father Crighton
- Peter Oldring — Willy Doyle
- Joseph Ziegler — Mr. Gargan
- Arlene Meadows — Mrs. Dewitt
- Kevin Jubinville — Mr. Cole Stevens
- Wendy Lyon — Elsie
흥미로운 사실
- 원작: Focus
- 촬영지: 토론토
Focus is a 2001 American drama film starring William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer and Meat Loaf based on a 1945 novel by playwright Arthur Miller. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was given a limited release on October 19, 2001.
Production
Photographer Neal Slavin had wanted to direct an adaptation of Arthur Miller's novel Focus since he was a student at art school in the 1960s. In the 1990s, Slavin struck a deal with Miller that if a good screenplay could be written, the playwright would grant him permission to adapt the novel. Slavin commissioned playwright Kendrew Lascelles to write the script, and after some revisions and suggestions by Miller, the adaptation was approved.
For the part of Lawrence, Slavin specifically sought out William H. Macy, basing his choice on the belief that the story is a fable about how "people’s perceptions and...intolerance blinds [one] to seeing the [actual] person." Macy hesitated to play the role, saying that he "had a nagging fear that having an uber-Lutheran play a victim of antisemitism might offend someone, thinking we were trivializing the subject." Macy decided to play the role…
The movie was filmed in Toronto, where its producers built a simulacrum of 1940s Brooklyn. Said Slavin, "One of my goals was to build a 'Mary Poppins'-like world, stylizing the setting so that everything looked perfect so that you felt rather than saw the dark underbelly. You're taken in by the prettiness, but you don't trust it." Editor Tariq Anwar, who had worked on the film American Beauty, was chosen by Slavin to achieve this vision.
The film was personally financed by Michael Bloomberg, a friend of Slavin's who was a candidate for mayor of New York City at the time. Slavin said, "Michael read it in one day, called me and said, 'Let's do it.' This movie happened because of him. And it wasn't like he just put the money down and walked away. He was involved in the inspiration every step of the way."
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