One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest. Movie v Novel

Rating: 4/10 (21 December 2011)

The book "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey and the film produced by Milos Forman did both an excellent job in performance but the film lacked very important detail that the book had. The film lacked character development and also the point of view of Chief Bromden was lost. I have decided to analyze both the film techniques. The film ineffectively captured the characters development in the play. For example, Chief is a mysterious character that all the patients have led up to believed was deaf and dumb. Although his placement in the film did not suit the placement he had in the book much of it was ineffective. Information such as his childhood past was vital piece of information for the concept of the story. It was never talked about or sparked at in the film. Chief's problems on why he is in the ward are forgotten in the film. Another example would be McMurphy; he was looked as a very rude and crazy man in the film. The book however did capture his craziness and wild side towards Nurse Ratched but that is not the all-around persona he had in the book. McMurphy character in the movie leads you to believe that he might be crazy because you don't see as much development he's still the same guy that stepped first foot in the ward. The film ineffectively captured the point of view. The point of view difference between the book and film is that the film has made it third person rather than the original first person. The book displays a first person point of view in the eyes of Chief Bromden. The film however grasps the book in a third person point of view. This is understandable because it would be rather hard to have a narrator who is supposedly deaf and dumb be our main focus point. It is a disappointment to know that Chief's story did not get touch upon in the film but the film did a good job in cooperating different perspectives in the movie. The movie and film are both excellent creation and both have their downsides but the reader should read the book because it provides very good detail and more descriptions in its final copy.