Accident (screenplay)

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Accident (screenplay) is a 1967 film script by Harold Pinter, adapted from Nicholas Mosley’s novel, known for its elliptical dialogue and exploration of moral ambiguity and repressed desire.

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Accident 5
Accident (novel) 2
Accident (1967 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film script
screenplay
adaptationOf Accident (screenplay) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Accident (novel)
adaptationType novel-to-film adaptation
associatedWithMovement British New Wave
author Harold Pinter
basedOn Accident (screenplay) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Accident (novel)
basedOnAuthor Oswald Mosley
surface form: Nicholas Mosley
characterType students
university academics
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dialogueStyle ambiguous
economical
genre drama
psychological drama
knownFor elliptical dialogue
exploration of moral ambiguity
exploration of repressed desire
language English
literaryStyle elliptical dialogue
narrativeTechnique flashbacks
nonlinear structure
unreliable perception
partOfAuthorOeuvre Harold Pinter
surface form: Harold Pinter screenplays
period 1960s British cinema
publicationYear 1967
relatedWorkByAuthor The Go-Between
surface form: The Go-Between (screenplay)

The Servant (screenplay)
screenplayBy Harold Pinter
screenplayForFilm Accident (screenplay) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Accident (1967 film)
screenwriter Harold Pinter
setting England
Oxford University milieu
theme class and privilege
guilt
infidelity
memory and subjectivity
moral ambiguity
repressed desire
sexual repression
timePeriod 1960s
title Accident (screenplay) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Accident
tone enigmatic
melancholic
yearWritten 1967

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Harold Pinter notableWork Accident (screenplay)
Stanley Baker notableWork Accident (screenplay)
this entity surface form: Accident
Accident (screenplay) title Accident (screenplay) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Accident
Accident (screenplay) basedOn Accident (screenplay) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Accident (novel)
Accident (screenplay) adaptationOf Accident (screenplay) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Accident (novel)
Accident (screenplay) screenplayForFilm Accident (screenplay) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Accident (1967 film)
Vivien Merchant notableWork Accident (screenplay)
this entity surface form: Accident
Dirk Bogarde notableWork Accident (screenplay)
this entity surface form: Accident
Joseph Losey notableWork Accident (screenplay)
this entity surface form: Accident