Thinking Activity
The Birthday Party
Harold Pinter born 10 October 1930 and death 24 December 2008 was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. a Nobel prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanned more than 50 years. his best-known plays included The Birthday Party (1957), The Homecoming (1964), and Betrayal (1978), each of which he adapted for the screen. his screenplay adaptations of others works include The Servant (1963), The Go-Between (1971), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), The Trial (1993), and Sleuth (2007). he also directed or acted in radio, stage, television, and film productions of his own and others works.
"The Birthday Party" play is written by Harold Pinter. Harold Pinter was English playwright, known for his so-called comedies of menace. in the 2005 he was awarded the Nobel prize in literature. The Birthday party is a 1968 film directed by William Friedkin, and starring Robert shaw, based on the 1957 play The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter.
Q-1) Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie ?
Ans :- Lulu's two scenes can't omitted from the movie may be director shown only good thing, and in the movie lulu's character portrait as differ from novel. and may be he didn't want to focus on female characters in the movie otherwise he was less focus on female characters justification like meg and lulu because this character show only few minutes and meg and lulu haven't individuals identity. in the film we can see meg most of in the kitchen and lulu show ready for sexual relationship.
Q-2) Is movie successful in giving us the effect of Menace ? where you able to feel it while reading the text ?
Ans :- we can see the effect of menace in the movie, because while reading the play we can sense that Stanley has a mysterious past which we are not informed about. i felt this while reading the long conversation between McCann, Stanley and Goldberg.
Q-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 :- In movie feel it when Stanley hide in kitchen and then they all are playing blind man's buff and this danger remain as it is when Goldberg and McCann take Stanley away. while reading for the first time we feel this when meg ask to Petey that is it him or not and for some time petey don't answer we feel the danger there.
Q-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 :- In the movie newspaper is most important thing because constantly shown newspaper scene it direct to people know everything but avoid to accept fact. here in the play petey reading newspaper and her wife ask about news and she is not interested to knowing thing but her purpose to satire on her husband. petey know about her wife ambiguity relation with Stendly but he avoided and reading reading newspaper. McCain cutting newspaper and that pieces are hidden by petey in last scene it may be suggest that how news reality missing and unfold by someone.
Q-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 :- The director of the movie he taken very effective work from camera. During the blind man's buff scene also it works effectively. McCann was there in that house because he want to grab Stanley. when it come to blindfold McCann the camera was over the head of McCann and his expression was also savage. it is like he is trying to get his prey. but when it comes to Stanley the camera is on top of the room and room is looking like cage and Stanley is trying to escape. so it is symbolically said that now stanley is in trap and he can not escape because Goldberg and McCann will not allow him to escape.
Q-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 does happened in the movie, we can see blurred dialogues, and with this space, etc. we can't understand it without a doubt.
Q-7) How does viewing movie help in better understanding of the play "The Birthday Party" with its typical characteristics (like Painteresque, pause, silence, menace, lurking danger)?
Ans :- Really movie help for better understanding of the play 'The Birthday Party'. in the movie i can well understand tone like silence, pause, menace. but in the movie i can't seen painteresque characteristics while reading a play at that time i was seeing painteresque characteristics.
Q-8) With which of the following observations you agree :
Ans :- According to me both has right is at its own place, becaue everything has its own limitation and it can't go beyond the limitation. same thing if we apply here in the movie or in the text of the play then we realize that both has its own charm to satisfy the minds of the readers or the viewers.
Q-9) If you were director or screenplay writer, what sort of difference would you make in the making of movie ?
Ans :- If i was director for this movie i would try to make more interesting for audience that why audience don't feel boring.
Q-10) Who would be your choice of actors to play the role of characters ?
Ans :- This film is great in it self, I don't feel anything to change. but may be I will add the scene of Lulu because I don't think Pinter has written it purposelessly.other than that i don't think movie needs any further change.
I would be choice this actor to play the role of characters :-
* Ranveer Singh choose for Stanley role :-
Q-1) Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie ?
Ans :- Lulu's two scenes can't omitted from the movie may be director shown only good thing, and in the movie lulu's character portrait as differ from novel. and may be he didn't want to focus on female characters in the movie otherwise he was less focus on female characters justification like meg and lulu because this character show only few minutes and meg and lulu haven't individuals identity. in the film we can see meg most of in the kitchen and lulu show ready for sexual relationship.
Q-2) Is movie successful in giving us the effect of Menace ? where you able to feel it while reading the text ?
Ans :- we can see the effect of menace in the movie, because while reading the play we can sense that Stanley has a mysterious past which we are not informed about. i felt this while reading the long conversation between McCann, Stanley and Goldberg.
Q-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 :- In movie feel it when Stanley hide in kitchen and then they all are playing blind man's buff and this danger remain as it is when Goldberg and McCann take Stanley away. while reading for the first time we feel this when meg ask to Petey that is it him or not and for some time petey don't answer we feel the danger there.
Q-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 :- In the movie newspaper is most important thing because constantly shown newspaper scene it direct to people know everything but avoid to accept fact. here in the play petey reading newspaper and her wife ask about news and she is not interested to knowing thing but her purpose to satire on her husband. petey know about her wife ambiguity relation with Stendly but he avoided and reading reading newspaper. McCain cutting newspaper and that pieces are hidden by petey in last scene it may be suggest that how news reality missing and unfold by someone.
Q-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 :- The director of the movie he taken very effective work from camera. During the blind man's buff scene also it works effectively. McCann was there in that house because he want to grab Stanley. when it come to blindfold McCann the camera was over the head of McCann and his expression was also savage. it is like he is trying to get his prey. but when it comes to Stanley the camera is on top of the room and room is looking like cage and Stanley is trying to escape. so it is symbolically said that now stanley is in trap and he can not escape because Goldberg and McCann will not allow him to escape.
Q-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 does happened in the movie, we can see blurred dialogues, and with this space, etc. we can't understand it without a doubt.
Q-7) How does viewing movie help in better understanding of the play "The Birthday Party" with its typical characteristics (like Painteresque, pause, silence, menace, lurking danger)?
Ans :- Really movie help for better understanding of the play 'The Birthday Party'. in the movie i can well understand tone like silence, pause, menace. but in the movie i can't seen painteresque characteristics while reading a play at that time i was seeing painteresque characteristics.
Q-8) With which of the following observations you agree :
- "It probably wasn't possible to make a satisfactory film of "The Birthday Party".
- "It's impossible to imagine a better film of Pinter's play than this sensitive, disturbing version directed by William Friedkin". (Ebert)
Ans :- According to me both has right is at its own place, becaue everything has its own limitation and it can't go beyond the limitation. same thing if we apply here in the movie or in the text of the play then we realize that both has its own charm to satisfy the minds of the readers or the viewers.
Q-9) If you were director or screenplay writer, what sort of difference would you make in the making of movie ?
Ans :- If i was director for this movie i would try to make more interesting for audience that why audience don't feel boring.
Q-10) Who would be your choice of actors to play the role of characters ?
Ans :- This film is great in it self, I don't feel anything to change. but may be I will add the scene of Lulu because I don't think Pinter has written it purposelessly.other than that i don't think movie needs any further change.
I would be choice this actor to play the role of characters :-
* Ranveer Singh choose for Stanley role :-
* Alia Bhatt choose for Lulu role :-
Helan choose for Meg role :-
* Anupam Kher choose for Petey role :-
* Paresh Rawal choose for Goldberg :-
* Ajay Devgn choose for McCann :-
Q-11) Do you see any similarities among Kafka's Joseph k. (in 'The Trial'), Orwell's Winston smith ( In 'Nineteen Eighty-Four') and Pinter's victor (in 'one for the road') ?
Ans :- Yes, I can see similarities among Kafka's Joseph k. (The Trial) in this text also seen detective story as like Birthday Party play, I can say it detective story of one person may be who against politics leader. and Orwell's Winston Smith in the 'Nineteenth Eighty-Four' according to film version it is very strong and heart touchable movie.
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