One flew over the cuckoo's nest (DVD review)
Ok so I've now watched the DVD of One flew over the cuckoo's nest...
The synopsis reads:
A nice rest in a state mental hospital beats a stretch in the pen, right? Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a free-spirited con with lightning in his veins and glib on his tongue, fakes insanity and moves in with what he calls the "nuts." Immediately, his contagious sense of disorder runs up against numbing routine. No way should guys pickled on sedatives shuffle around in bathrobes when the World Series is on. This means war! On one side is McMurphy. On the other is soft-spoken Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), among the most coldly monstrous villains in film history. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward. Based on Ken Kesey's acclaimed bestseller, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest swept all five major 1975 Academy Awards: Best Picture (produced by Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas), Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman). Raucous, searing and with a superb cast that includes Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd in his film debut, this one soars.
Unfortunately the movie failed to hold my gaze particularly well which was disappointing as I had head such rave reviews of it. One thing I noticed is that the focus of characters is completely shifted from the Chief, who is the narrator of the book, to Randle P. Murphy played by Jack Nicholson. In the movie you tend to miss out on all of the inside views that you get from the Chief in the book and it feels as though quite a lot of the depth of the book has been lost in this translation - although I guess this happens quite often when books are placed in the world of Hollywood. There are some heartfelt moments which I appreciated in the movie but in all honesty I am not particularly impressed with either the book or the movie of One flew over the cuckoo's nest, but it is one of those classics which I am glad I took the time to read.
Buy or just check out reviews for the DVD here
Buy or just check out reviews for the book here
The synopsis reads:
A nice rest in a state mental hospital beats a stretch in the pen, right? Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a free-spirited con with lightning in his veins and glib on his tongue, fakes insanity and moves in with what he calls the "nuts." Immediately, his contagious sense of disorder runs up against numbing routine. No way should guys pickled on sedatives shuffle around in bathrobes when the World Series is on. This means war! On one side is McMurphy. On the other is soft-spoken Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher), among the most coldly monstrous villains in film history. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward. Based on Ken Kesey's acclaimed bestseller, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest swept all five major 1975 Academy Awards: Best Picture (produced by Saul Zaentz and Michael Douglas), Actor (Nicholson), Actress (Fletcher), Director (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman). Raucous, searing and with a superb cast that includes Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd in his film debut, this one soars.
Unfortunately the movie failed to hold my gaze particularly well which was disappointing as I had head such rave reviews of it. One thing I noticed is that the focus of characters is completely shifted from the Chief, who is the narrator of the book, to Randle P. Murphy played by Jack Nicholson. In the movie you tend to miss out on all of the inside views that you get from the Chief in the book and it feels as though quite a lot of the depth of the book has been lost in this translation - although I guess this happens quite often when books are placed in the world of Hollywood. There are some heartfelt moments which I appreciated in the movie but in all honesty I am not particularly impressed with either the book or the movie of One flew over the cuckoo's nest, but it is one of those classics which I am glad I took the time to read.
Buy or just check out reviews for the DVD here
Buy or just check out reviews for the book here
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posted by Nikkeh at 5:13 AM
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