Фокус

Фокус (2001)

Focus

Соединенные Штаты времен Второй мировой войны. 40-летний Лоренс Ньюман, живет со своей престарелой мамой в одном из кварталов Нью-Йорка и вот уже 20 лет честно трудится клерком в отделе кадров. Однажды в его комнате появляется эффектная дама Гертруда Харт, утверждающая, что она христианка. Лоренс, чьи предки - протестанты приехали в Америку из Англии еще в 19 веке, отказывает ей в приеме на работу на основании того, что она еврейка. А через день сам оказывается на улице, не приняв предложения о переводе на низшую должность на том основании, что он, надев очки, сам стал похож на еврея. Лоренс безуспешно пытается найти другую работу и однажды оказывается в офисе, где его встречает Гертруда...

Дата выхода
2001-10-19
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (34)
Длительность
1 ч 46 мин
Жанры
драма
Режиссёр
Neal Slavin

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Интересные факты

  • Основан на: Focus
  • Места съёмок: Торонто

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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