Thinking Activity on 'The Birthday Party'

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

This thinking Activity is the part of our Classroom Activity given by teacher (Dept. of Eng. MKBU)  Click here to know more.

1.Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie?

Two scenes of Lulu if omitted from the movie then it normally has no such differences that one
can find there.to give the particular shape to the work also writer may be prefer to include extra
things & reduce something that burden the content part of the work.another point can be there is
as i think of Lulu's personality that has no such significance to carry out the flow further with
some special effect.
As Anton Chekhov told something can relates here that if starting part is points out on The Gun
on the wall then it should be blast or resulted till the end anyhow.
It means no single word should be there that may disturb the work of art it can be connect here
where repetition omitted intentionally may be or meaningless act may keeps away from the
central focus.

2) Is movie successful in giving us the effect of menace? Where you able to feel it while reading
the text?

We can see the effect of menace in the movie, because while reading the play felt 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.

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 feel the lurking danger while viewing the movie. While reading the text when the party was
going that scene particularly during that I feel lurking danger. I feel that now something will
happen. At a time I also feel that this party is never going to end.

4) What do you read in 'newspaper' in the movie? Petey is reading newspaper to Meg, it torn intopieces by McCain, pieces are hidden by Petey in last scene.

Basically newspaper is symbol of connectivity between an individual and outer world. But here in
this play it also gives the remembrance to Petey for his impotency by Meg’s insistence to him for
repeatedly reading the incident (in newspaper) regarding the fragility of a woman. Moreover, it is
torn into pieces by McCann. And in last scene his affords has been hidden by Petey. He tries to
hide the whole incident.

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?

while seeing the film camera talks everything.thus when camera is positioned over the head of
McCann when he is playing blind buff which demonstrates that McCann is at power position and
is situated at the top with perspective of room like trap which symbolize that Stanley is trapped
by stranger who were touching him.

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." Does this happen in the
movie?

Yes, it happens during McCann and Net Goldberg asking question which is meaningless and
unpredictable. The room of birth day party and kitchen cover with so many objects. Even
character don’t get enough space to move.

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)?

Sometimes we are tired with nonstop dialogues at that time we have to give the rest to our mind,
so silence is necessary in the movie. Threaten of unknown presented in movie also and effects of
light, some danger, fear also puts by Harold Pinter.

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”
I agree that the movie shows very well: “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.”

9) If you were director or screenplay writer, what sort of difference would you make in the
making of movie?

If I was director I can't make any difference in the movie because everything going in a write way.

10) Who would be your choice of actors to play the role of characters?


I think the actors will be same as movie. Because the all the actors did well.