Thinking activity of The Birthday Party :

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

~ In this movie i found two scenes of Lulu if omitted. To give the particular shape to the work also writer maybe prefer to include extra things and reduce something that burden the content part of the work.
~Another point, I think of Lulu's personality that has no such significance to carry out the flow further with some special effect.

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

~ In this movie we can see the effect of menace in the movie, because while reading the play felt that Stanley's character shows 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 suspense and 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 into pieces by McCain, pieces are hidden by Petey in last scene.

~ In this movie we find various symbols like newspaper, the party, viewing angel of camera and many things. This symbols show various thing like: 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 regarding the fragility of a woman. 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 because the camera settings and it's position to creat the reality which we feel the concept of movie. 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.

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”

~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.” The whole film based on a single setting.

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

~ I like the character of Stanley, to show his character very well in movie.