Ken Kesey dead at 66

Bummer. Although he wasn't know for the volume of his work, what Kesey did produce was outstanding. Cuckoo's Nest was an excellent film. The book was even better.
Mmmmmmmmmmm, Juicy Fruit....

 

I hope someday someone makes a film truer to the book. The Milos Forman version is decent, but nothing like the book.

 

Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is tailor-made for Terry Gilliam. Imagine what a trip THAT would be.

 

Darren Aronofsky would be good too. Maybe Proyas based on his Dark City work.

 

"Kesey based the story on experiences working at the Veterans Administration hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., while attending Wallace Stegner's writing seminar at Stanford."
I worked at that hospital until early this year. I have a rather interesting perspective, as I decided to watch the movie after I toured the psych halls for a few years. One nurse remembers working with him.

 

....and may he find peace. One of the great books I have read was Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I had seen the movie first, but I enjoyed the book so much more. Told from the "chief's" point of view gave the book a strange feel like you were "in the fog."

 

I just read that Kesey disavowed the film because of its changed perspective. Never read the book, but the film was great.