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Ryan Enfantino Insanity The transfer from print to film is neither a straightforward nor an accurate process, and as such has left many casualties by the wayside: The Cider House Rules, Jurassic Park, and so forth. Typically poor adaptations are either changed too much or too little: many are made to be suitable to too wide an audience or have additions which clumsily contrast with the more directly transferred parts, and many are so sloppily …

…veneration. The radical transformation in the attitudes of the occupants of the ward creates reason for further awe and celebration. Picture "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is simply flawless. Despite the fact that the film was shot on a low budget and has always looked a bit flat and pale (it has a muted color scheme and takes place primarily indoors under harsh lighting), the image here is sharp and the colors are solid.