The Birthday Party

 After reading and watching this play, we can interpret it many different ways. Pinter gives us the texture-the sounds and sights of a world without structure, which is the heart and soul of the play also. In the begging of the movie we can heard many sound which effect horror atmosphere. In the movie the director use frightening effect like darker room, shutting of door sound, close up scenes, long shorts, etc. these types of effects cannot seen on stage. Texture is very important. Car is showing some symbol. The ‘knocking at the door’ happens in the play create fear. It is happens in many times in the play. Stanley was also afraid while hearing the sound of door knock. ‘Silences’ and ‘pauses’ used in the movie to give a character time to think about what he/she is going to say next, to avoid conversation, to see the effect of what has been said the interlocutor etc. The use of things like mirror, toy drum, newspapers, breakfast, chairs, window-hatch etc in the movie shows many symbols. Like Mirror is telling lie to us. It shows us what we want to see. It gave false image of us. Newspaper is shows as means of communication between Meg and Petey. 
           The effect of lurking danger while viewing the beginning scene of the movie, while car is going it shows something going wrong. And also when Meg says whose there? It was Petey, but first we feel something suspend. That type of feeling we cannot feel while reading the play. Petey is reading newspaper to Meg, and tells her that what is in the news. Torn pieces by McCain,  that pieces are hidden by Petey in last scene, which shows that Petey knows what is happened with Stanley but he hide it from Meg. Viewing movie help in better understanding of the play ‘The Birthday Party’ with its typical characteristics. Like use of silence, pause, painteresque, lurking, danger, etc tool are useful to individual to interpret many ways. I don’t think that there should  be any change in the movie. This is my point of view about this play and movie.