Film made of one’s defeat (4,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
east of eden
'film' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'made of one's defeat' is the wordplay.
'made of' indicates an anagram.
'ones'+'defeat'='onesdefeat'
'onesdefeat' with letters rearranged gives 'EAST OF EDEN'.
(Other definitions for east of eden that I've seen before include "Book by Steinbeck" , "Steinbeck novel" , "Book and film" , "one by Steinbeck" .)