" The Birthday Party".

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...