About a week ago I watched the Kevin Costner film Mr. Brooks. I’ve seen the movie a couple times now, think it’s pretty good, but don’t care for the character of Tracy Atwell. I’m also none too keen on the overall look of the film.

Essentially, what I envision in my mind is a fan-edit of Mr. Brooks that completely excises Atwell from the movie; the narrative would be told completely from Brooks’ POV – keeping a tight focus on his conflicts with Marshall and Smith and the problems with his daughter – without Atwell’s diversionary side story detracting from the main plot.

Furthermore, I’d re-render most of the film in black and white, to amp up the film noir quality. Only a select few items associated with violence and death – the murdered redhead’s hair, Marshall’s clothing, Jane’s lips, and the blood – would be in colour (all red).

My working title for this fan-edit would be Thumbprint. (Not very imaginative, I know.)