Respected Sir
Here I am sharing my view about post viewing task " The Birthday Party".
1) Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie?
Ans. Two scenes of lulu omitted from the movie because
two woman characters as contrast to man characters in the play. And
Harold Pinter also shows that man character much stronger rather then
women, the audience would focus on the character of a woman who was
abused by men and Lulu would have been judged as victim rather than the
protagonist.
2) Is movie successful in giving us the effect of menace? Where you able to feel it while reading the text?
Ans. Yes, movie is successful in giving us the effect of
menace. I am not reading full text or play But i see the movie so
that's why I say that the movie is successful in giving us felling of
menace in the text I find that this kinds of effect in conversation
between Goldberg- McCann and Stanley. And in this movie we find that
many things create the atmosphere of menace like knocking of the door,
toy drum, tearing the newspaper, laughing, screaming etc. In this play
where each and every character passing one or unknown fear.
3) Do you feel the effect of lurking danger while viewing the movie? Where you able to feel the same while reading the text
Ans. Yes, I can feel the effect of lurking danger while
viewing play. First that When they all playing the game blind man's
bluff and Suddenly lights off at that time I feel lurking danger and
Other side we also see in the movie that the effect of sound and the
movement of camera also show us that the lurking danger.
4)What do you read in 'newspaper' in the movie? Petey is
reading newspaper to Meg, it torn into pieces by McCain, pieces are
hidden by Petey in last scene.
Ans. The Newspaper is symbolize hidden the reality, also
tools of communication and the relationship between husband and
wife. We can see that when movie start at that time Petey read newspaper
and Meg is completely unaware about reality so it shows that husband
has knowledge about world and wife has away from the reality.
5) Camera is positioned over the head of McCain when he is
playing Blind Man's Buff and is positioned at the top with a view of
room like a cage (trap) when Stanley is playing it. What interpretations
can you give to these positioning of camera?
Ans. When all the characters playing the game blind
man's buff at that time camera focus on the head of McCan , When the
turn of Stanley come at that time camera is positioned at the top with a
view of room like cage and it tries to teach people that if someone
tries to break the rules.
6)"Pinter restored theater to its basic elements: an
enclosed space and unpredictable dialogue, where people are at the mercy
of one another and pretense crumbles." (Pinter, Art, Truth &
Politics: Excerpts from the 2005 Nobel Lecture). Does this happen in the
movie?
Ans. Yes it happen in to the movie. There in the movie all character like Lulu, Meg, Petey and Stanley care for each other.
7)How does viewing movie help in better understanding of
the play ‘The Birthday Party’ with its typical characteristics (like
pinteresque, pause, silence, menace, lurking danger)?
Ans. Movie helps us better understanding of the play
because it gives more effect to menace like painteresque, pause, silence and menace .
8) With which of the following observations you agree:
Ans. I agree that “It's impossible to imagine a better
film of Pinter's play than this sensitive, disturbing version directed
by William Friedkin.
9)If you were director or screenplay writer, what sort of difference would you make in the making of movie?
Ans. As par my understanding this is a very good movie
and everything is okay no need to change or add in the movie I like very
much this movie because of it is very different and deeper.
10) Who would be your choice of actors to play the role of characters?
Ans. I would like to choose characters like this:
Stanley: Irfan Khan
Meg : Juhi Chawla
Lulu: Kalki koechlin
Goldberg: Imran Hasmi
McCann: John Abrahim.
Thank you...