One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The filmmakers go through a lot of trouble to research the material of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest because of their drive to present a film that could be considered real, and bring about change in the psychiatric system, despite the fact that Ken Kesey had researched the state of psychiatric help when he was writing the novel by working as a night attendant in a Veteran’s hospital. To help gather even more information, the director and screenwriter lived in the Oregon State Hospital so that they could have an even deeper understanding of the subject for when they produced the film. I believe that all actors were forced to be as committed as possible, to keep, at least the image, an air of authenticity and that the psychiatric treatment be presented as genuine. I believe that actors living within a psychiatric ward would be much better suited to playing the role of insane characters, as they would have a better understanding of them. While living in the psychiatric ward itself would not explain to the actors the effects of insanity, it can still help the actors playing these characters how to play a role in which they are confined to a small ward and are forced through there same boring routine every single day with no freedom, and no ability to change your life to better yourself.