Well done adaptation

Rating: 7/10 (26 December 2006)

Ken Kesey would take mescaline and go to work. That he labored in a mental institution explains the impetus for the film which can be summed up with one quotation, "Whoso would be a man, must be a non-conformist."
I seriously doubt Kesey had Emerson in mind, but rather,himself. At every turn presented in life, Mr. Kesey choose the other path...many times even if it did not exist.
Perhaps he recognized that sometimes it is better to swallow principles and survive. SPOILER But then he had to'ruin' it with the final liberation of the chief.
I've read the book, saw the play in Greenwich Village (1972)and of course the movie. I think the adaptation was very well done, Mr. Keseys' remarks, notwithstanding.