Comments on: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest (1975) http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2004/04/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1975/ Sweet & Salty Movie Reviews! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:48:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ross http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2004/04/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-85371 Ross Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:28:06 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=278#comment-85371 Very interesting movie. Had to sit back and watch it twice to take it in. Very interesting movie. Had to sit back and watch it twice to take it in.

]]> By: Paco http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2004/04/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-1572 Paco Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=278#comment-1572 For those that watched it on the telly this evening :) For those that watched it on the telly this evening :)

]]> By: arjan http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2004/04/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-1573 arjan Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=278#comment-1573 still on my wannahave list... I have seen this movie when I was in high school and also read the Ken Kesey book.... both are amazing... great review paco! still on my wannahave list… I have seen this movie when I was in high school and also read the Ken Kesey book…. both are amazing…

great review paco!

]]> By: Paco http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2004/04/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-1574 Paco Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=278#comment-1574 Amazingly, Ken Kesey didn't want to have anything to do with this movie. He also wrote the screenplay but allegedly wasn't too "happy" when they made some changes to it. The Shining, anyone? :) Amazingly, Ken Kesey didn’t want to have anything to do with this movie. He also wrote the screenplay but allegedly wasn’t too “happy” when they made some changes to it.

The Shining, anyone? :)

]]> By: damian http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2004/04/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 damian Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=278#comment-1575 The screenplay was altered mainly because Forman uses a lot of improvisation in his films. He directs the actors as far as situation goes and gives them specific boundaries but then lets them run wherever they choose within those oundaries, as such scenes often turn out different than they first started. He moulds his films around the performances, rather than the written page, which is why his films often seem really alive and natural whilst at times drifting away from a certain narrative path. Amadeus is another great example of this. Ken Kasey's book is an amazing read and the film that came out of it is amazing too. But what's great is that they really are two seperate entities. Almost like two perspectives of the same story. This film has a basis of Kesey, but you feel Forman's influence much more and the actors all give exceptional performances - bar none. Lord of the Rigns fans should look out for an outstanding young Brad Dourif here, who played Grima Wormtongue to such creepy delight in LOTR. The screenplay was altered mainly because Forman uses a lot of improvisation in his films. He directs the actors as far as situation goes and gives them specific boundaries but then lets them run wherever they choose within those oundaries, as such scenes often turn out different than they first started. He moulds his films around the performances, rather than the written page, which is why his films often seem really alive and natural whilst at times drifting away from a certain narrative path. Amadeus is another great example of this.
Ken Kasey’s book is an amazing read and the film that came out of it is amazing too. But what’s great is that they really are two seperate entities. Almost like two perspectives of the same story. This film has a basis of Kesey, but you feel Forman’s influence much more and the actors all give exceptional performances – bar none.
Lord of the Rigns fans should look out for an outstanding young Brad Dourif here, who played Grima Wormtongue to such creepy delight in LOTR.

]]> By: Paco http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2004/04/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-1576 Paco Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=278#comment-1576 That is why I often don't understand those purists that curses at adaptations that veer off from the original novel; they are -indeed- two different indentities. The fact that you use something beautiful to create something else that is also beautiful, takes nothing away from original. It's like hating all paintings that were made under the influence of great innovative painters. LOTR, is another good example of this. Albeit that I find it less artistic, but even so very good. Sometimes the adaptation surpasses the original novel, like The Shining. This often the case with the short stories of Philp K. Dick; there isn't much to go with in the first place. I also think that the "World According To Garp" is at least as good as the original, as is The Godfather I & II. That is why I often don’t understand those purists that curses at adaptations that veer off from the original novel; they are -indeed- two different indentities.

The fact that you use something beautiful to create something else that is also beautiful, takes nothing away from original. It’s like hating all paintings that were made under the influence of great innovative painters.

LOTR, is another good example of this. Albeit that I find it less artistic, but even so very good.

Sometimes the adaptation surpasses the original novel, like The Shining. This often the case with the short stories of Philp K. Dick; there isn’t much to go with in the first place. I also think that the “World According To Garp” is at least as good as the original, as is The Godfather I & II.

]]> By: Paco http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/2004/04/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-1975/comment-page-1/#comment-1577 Paco Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=278#comment-1577 Hmm, maybe an edit option would be nice.. :S Hmm, maybe an edit option would be nice..
:S

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