Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

When literature is transformed into film, it goes through a process known as cinematic mutation. This process could not be more noticeable in the production of Tennessee William’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This playwright and later blockbuster film is based on the inner conflicts of honesty, love, and greed. There is a great deal of narrative refraction in the screenplay by Richard Brooks and James Poe. Some major thematic modifications in the …

…day are controversial and haunt people’s lives. The film version has a stereotypical happy ending, but still manages to keep most of the themes intact. The original play is a true masterpiece with very few things to criticize. It follows Aristotle’s Principles of Unity precisely, and forces readers to analyze the actions of a troubled society. Tennessee Williams intended to deliver personal insight while raising some moral questions. He did a magnificent job.