most people attend this film will have no idea of the great novel by arthur miller that be the basis of it . it a novel that should be read by more people to see how prejudice affect and alters people life . at the beginning and lawrence newman be an ordinary man . the eyeglass his bos make him get change everything he have work for and his whole world collapse around him and little by little . there couldn not have be an actor well suit to bring this intelligent performance to the screen than william h. macy . not only be he a talented stage and screen actor and but he project honesty behind every character he play . he be an everyday man caught in his own insecurity . his anxiety intensifies when he take a stand and walk out of his job . suddenly and he have to confront the issue he have try to avoid all his middle class existence in the brooklyn of the 40 . be he jewish and be he not . the cinematography in this brilliant and atmospheric film and direct with sure hand by neil slavin and keep remind me of some edward hopper painting and especially a sequence at the beginning of the film when newman step outside a building and the night shot when he and his wife be be follow with long black shadow behind the couple and menacing and anticipate the confrontation with the bully . laura dern and david paymer and and especially meat loaf and who infuse incredible depth to the bully next door and be excellent and but they all pale in comparison with the stellar turn of william h. macy ( h must stand for honest . ) if you haven not read the book and i would sincerely recommend it because no one have write more truly and convincingly than arthur miller have .