What Are The Pros And Cons Of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

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Pros and Cons of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Chaitrangi Patel Eng: 122-03 Prof. Lasky Thesis Statement - The mental institution which restricts the settings and moods the films sets in different scenes. Introduction > Name and Director of Film > Characters II. Summary of Film > Jack Nicholson as R.P. McMurphy > Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched III. Details in the Film > Cons > Pros IV. Mise en Scene > Setting > Cinematography > Supporting Actors > Last Scene V. Conclusion Till today in the 20th century there have been many great and amazing films which audience never will be able to forget. One Flew Over …show more content…

The atmosphere in the institution gives a very different perspective into how the patients are treated in there, they are not treated as if they should leave the society they are just given an atmosphere in which they are comfortable and which will help them get better. The patients are allowed to have supervised furloughs and can enjoy recreational activities; the favorite form of therapy is seeming bening and pseudo-democratic psychoanalytical group session. (Antulov Par 4) The film also reflects on how just cornering the mentally challenged people and just ignoring them is not going to help them or the society instead we should find ways which the people like ad would also help them get better. Even though One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a great film for many reason but the film has some cons too one of them being the cinematography of the film wasn’t that great. Haskell Wexler 's cinematography doesn 't catch much of the world outside prosaic settings of the psychiatric institution; music by Jack Nitzsche is easily forgettable and the film even lacks strong plot. Where this film stands above many others is acting.( Antulov Par 5) The cinematography isn’t as powerful as the story and acting in the …show more content…

The film did win some oscars but they weren’t able to win several academy awards because of the breadth of ethical issues it covered- it was successful because it is both thought provoking and entertaining. Because of its different take on the subjects they mention in the film this film deserves the best film of 20th century award at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was very famous when it was released but soon after the reviews and interview from the filmmakers were released the audience really started to understood what the movie was all about. The film does have pros and cons to it but the pros totally make the cons looks small because of which the film is such a great classic movie which leaves a different and nice imagine on the audience’s mind after they watch it. People say he reviews sometimes ruin the movie but in this case the reviews and the interviews helped the movie for the

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