How does a story transform when it moves from the drug-fueled, psychedelic inner monologue of a novel to the stark, grounded realism of the cinema screen? Ken Kesey’s 1962 landmark novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was an explosive, paranoid countercultural anthem narrated by a catatonic Native American chief. Yet, its 1975 film adaptation … Continue reading From Page to Screen: Adapting One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest