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Matthew Bright (b. 1952) is an American screenwriter and director, known for making very gritty films with themes about women, serial killers and fairy tale motifs.
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!!Films:
[[index]]
* ''Film/{{Freeway}}'' (1996)
* ''Film/FreewayIIConfessionsOfATrickbaby'' (1999)
* ''Film/{{TedBundy}}'' (2002)
* ''Film/Tiptoes'' (2005)
[[/index]]
He has also written:
[[index]]
* ''Film/{{ForbiddenZone}}'' (1980)
* ''Film/Wildfire'' (1988)
* ''Film/ModernVampires'' (1998)
[[/index]]
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!!Tropes usually seen in his works:
* AntiHero: Morally ambiguous protagonists are his usual trademark.
* BlackComedy: His humor does that in a very dark way.
* CentralTheme: Obsession, deception, and guilt are common themes shared by almost all his films.
* ChekhovsGun: [[ChekhovsArmoury An armoury of them]].
* ChekhovsGunman
* DarkAndTroubledPast: ...that will haunt his protagonists like no other.
* DoingItForTheArt: Most of Bright's films are "arts-ploitation".
* {{Foreshadowing}}
* GreyAndGrayMorality[=/=]BlackAndGrayMorality
* TheLostLenore: The death of a love interest is a key plot point and strong character motivator in his films.
* MeaningfulEcho
** IronicEcho
* MoralDilemma: Many and the 'right' choices are often debatable.
* PlayingAgainstType: Notable for having Reese Witherspoon as an illiterate and swearing juvenile woman in ''Film/Freeway''.
* PracticalEffects: Bright highly preferred this over computer generated effects.
* PragmaticAdaptation
** ''Film/Freeway'' used very dark liberties with Red Riding Hood.
* ProductionPosse: Often works with the same actors in different films.
** Michael T. Weiss who was known as Larry from ''Film/Freeway'' was seen in the sequel as a drifter.
** Bright used Creator/DannyElfman for the music on ''Film/Freeway''.
** Kiefer Sutherland who was in ''Film/Freeway'' was going to play Ted Bundy but refused.
* {{Reconstruction}}: ''Film/Freeway'' is notable for making a dark interpretation of fairy tales in real life.
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!!Films:
[[index]]
* ''Film/{{Freeway}}'' (1996)
* ''Film/FreewayIIConfessionsOfATrickbaby'' (1999)
* ''Film/{{TedBundy}}'' (2002)
* ''Film/Tiptoes'' (2005)
[[/index]]
He has also written:
[[index]]
* ''Film/{{ForbiddenZone}}'' (1980)
* ''Film/Wildfire'' (1988)
* ''Film/ModernVampires'' (1998)
[[/index]]
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!!Tropes usually seen in his works:
* AntiHero: Morally ambiguous protagonists are his usual trademark.
* BlackComedy: His humor does that in a very dark way.
* CentralTheme: Obsession, deception, and guilt are common themes shared by almost all his films.
* ChekhovsGun: [[ChekhovsArmoury An armoury of them]].
* ChekhovsGunman
* DarkAndTroubledPast: ...that will haunt his protagonists like no other.
* DoingItForTheArt: Most of Bright's films are "arts-ploitation".
* {{Foreshadowing}}
* GreyAndGrayMorality[=/=]BlackAndGrayMorality
* TheLostLenore: The death of a love interest is a key plot point and strong character motivator in his films.
* MeaningfulEcho
** IronicEcho
* MoralDilemma: Many and the 'right' choices are often debatable.
* PlayingAgainstType: Notable for having Reese Witherspoon as an illiterate and swearing juvenile woman in ''Film/Freeway''.
* PracticalEffects: Bright highly preferred this over computer generated effects.
* PragmaticAdaptation
** ''Film/Freeway'' used very dark liberties with Red Riding Hood.
* ProductionPosse: Often works with the same actors in different films.
** Michael T. Weiss who was known as Larry from ''Film/Freeway'' was seen in the sequel as a drifter.
** Bright used Creator/DannyElfman for the music on ''Film/Freeway''.
** Kiefer Sutherland who was in ''Film/Freeway'' was going to play Ted Bundy but refused.
* {{Reconstruction}}: ''Film/Freeway'' is notable for making a dark interpretation of fairy tales in real life.
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