 Movie vs. Book Joseph Dobrzanski

Converting Formats

Reasons to Adapt  Making original, unproven stories = more risky  Popular novels already have stories that work  The Director wanted to

But it wasn’t like that in the book(s)!

Reasons to Change  Restrictions of story format used  Some things work better on paper than on screen  Time limit for movies  Including every detail makes the movie too long  Director’s touch  Every storyteller has their own style for telling stories

Inconsequential Changes

Different means, same Result  Vehicle(s) for fishing trip:  Obtained illegally instead of through Doctor Spivey  McMurphy and Bromden sent to Disturbed:  McMurphy did not fight for George  McMurphy is a “good” character; not completely selfish  Some scenes that paint McMurphy negatively are removed

Refurbishment of the Plot  Backstories of some characters are removed  Allegorical meaning stripped down  Symbols removed: Dead Man’s Hand tattoo  Bromden’s hallucinations  Use of particular plot elsewhere  Different timeline  Dialogue used for different characters

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