Thinking Activity on 'The Birthday party' play
Thinking activity according to this link -
https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2013/09/worksheet-film-screening-harold-pinters.html
“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.
1) Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie?
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.
2) Is movie successful in giving us the effect of menace? Where you able to feel it while reading the text?
No, movie isn’t successful in giving us the effect of menace. Where I able to feel it while reading the text. Because dialogue of this movie it is like quick that much quick dialogue through we can not feel menace. While reading text during I feel effect of menace.
3) Do you feel the effect of lurking danger while viewing the movie? Where you able to feel the same while reading the text.
Yes, I felt the effect of lurking danger while viewing the movie. When Stanley constantly biting the drum and during light off after Lulu's screaming voice there scenes are effect of lurking danger while viewing the movie. Petey read newspaper and Meg asking questions there I felt the same to watching movie and reading text.
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.
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 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.
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?
Camera is positioned over the head of McCain when he is playing Blind Man's Buff it suggest that McCain who don’t able to show reality of Goldberg that why he blindly follow Goldberg. When Stanley was playing game at that time camara positioned at the top with a view of room like a cage, this is given sign of Standly position like he is in cage or trap by system.
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?
Yes, I felt mercy to watching movie and as well to reading text. And also seen in the movie and text unpredictable dialogue, where like when Goldberg asking questions to Standly their dialogue like to hidden something it doesn’t shown in the movie and text.
GOLDBERG -Where was your wife?
STANLEY - In-
GOLDBERG - Answer.
STANLEY- [turning, crouched.] What wife?
GOLDBERG- What have you done with your wife?
Other dialogue-
GOLDBERG- Do you recognise an external force, responsible for
you, suffering for you?
STANLEY- It's late.
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)?
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.
8) With which of the following observations you agree:
o “It probably wasn't possible to make a satisfactory film of "The Birthday Party."
o “It's impossible to imagine a better film of Pinter's play than this sensitive, disturbing version directed by William Friedkin”[3]. (Ebert)
I agree with second observation because director could make more attractive for audience because this movie is such boring according to me. Waiting for Godot is also absurd play and less even it is attractive when in this movie more characters even like boring for me. So director could make more interesting.
9) If you were director or screenplay writer, what sort of difference would you make in the making of movie?
If I was director for this movie I would try to make more interesting for audience that why audience don’t feel boring.
10) Who would be your choice of actors to play the role of characters?
I would be choice this actor to play the role of characters-
Stendly role for Ranveer Singh-
Nargis choose for Lulu role
Helan choose for Meg role
Rishi Kapoor choose for Petey role
Ronit Roy choose for Goldberg role
Varun Sharma choose for McCain
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')?
Yes, I can see similarities among Kafka’s Joseph K. (The Trial) in this text also seen dedctive story as like Birthday party play, I can say it dedctive 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 heartouchble movie.
Pinter’s play similarities to Kafka’s work because he read works of Kafka.
https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2013/09/worksheet-film-screening-harold-pinters.html
“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.
1) Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie?
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.
2) Is movie successful in giving us the effect of menace? Where you able to feel it while reading the text?
No, movie isn’t successful in giving us the effect of menace. Where I able to feel it while reading the text. Because dialogue of this movie it is like quick that much quick dialogue through we can not feel menace. While reading text during I feel effect of menace.
3) Do you feel the effect of lurking danger while viewing the movie? Where you able to feel the same while reading the text.
Yes, I felt the effect of lurking danger while viewing the movie. When Stanley constantly biting the drum and during light off after Lulu's screaming voice there scenes are effect of lurking danger while viewing the movie. Petey read newspaper and Meg asking questions there I felt the same to watching movie and reading text.
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.
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 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.
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?
Camera is positioned over the head of McCain when he is playing Blind Man's Buff it suggest that McCain who don’t able to show reality of Goldberg that why he blindly follow Goldberg. When Stanley was playing game at that time camara positioned at the top with a view of room like a cage, this is given sign of Standly position like he is in cage or trap by system.
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?
Yes, I felt mercy to watching movie and as well to reading text. And also seen in the movie and text unpredictable dialogue, where like when Goldberg asking questions to Standly their dialogue like to hidden something it doesn’t shown in the movie and text.
GOLDBERG -Where was your wife?
STANLEY - In-
GOLDBERG - Answer.
STANLEY- [turning, crouched.] What wife?
GOLDBERG- What have you done with your wife?
Other dialogue-
GOLDBERG- Do you recognise an external force, responsible for
you, suffering for you?
STANLEY- It's late.
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)?
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.
8) With which of the following observations you agree:
o “It probably wasn't possible to make a satisfactory film of "The Birthday Party."
o “It's impossible to imagine a better film of Pinter's play than this sensitive, disturbing version directed by William Friedkin”[3]. (Ebert)
I agree with second observation because director could make more attractive for audience because this movie is such boring according to me. Waiting for Godot is also absurd play and less even it is attractive when in this movie more characters even like boring for me. So director could make more interesting.
9) If you were director or screenplay writer, what sort of difference would you make in the making of movie?
If I was director for this movie I would try to make more interesting for audience that why audience don’t feel boring.
10) Who would be your choice of actors to play the role of characters?
I would be choice this actor to play the role of characters-
Stendly role for Ranveer Singh-
Nargis choose for Lulu role
Helan choose for Meg role
Rishi Kapoor choose for Petey role
Ronit Roy choose for Goldberg role
Varun Sharma choose for McCain
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')?
Yes, I can see similarities among Kafka’s Joseph K. (The Trial) in this text also seen dedctive story as like Birthday party play, I can say it dedctive 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 heartouchble movie.
Pinter’s play similarities to Kafka’s work because he read works of Kafka.
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