One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Directed by Milos Foreman

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Milos Forman Fantasy Films 1975 The Combine and American Society: All films, regardless of their intended purposes, tend to capture a piece of history and culture within them. Film’s ability to capture images and produce a visual is truly unique, as other methods of storytelling, such as writing a book, fail to truly encapsulate the human experience. Using an aesthetic lens, film directors essentially preserve time, and bring us back to our roots. Through masterful manipulation of the aesthetic properties of film, Milos Forman succeeds in illuminating the historical and cultural significance of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, making it worthy of placement in the National Film Archive. Milos Forman’s many years of experience in Czechoslovakia heavily influenced the production of the film. He was born in Czechoslovakia in 1932, and was orphaned at a very young age when his parents were murdered in a German concentration camp. He studied screenwriting and drama at the Prague Academy, and was heavily involved with the Czech New Wave of film, producing documentaries for the state-sponsored film industry in Czechoslovakia. In addition to being a Czech-American director, he is also a screenwriter and a professor. One of his first films, The Fireman’s Ball, centers around the comic difficulties attached to holding the annual fire brigade dance in a small Czech town. However, this film was ultimately banned by the Czech government for