Minority Report - part 2

         For the Film Adaptation Proposal, I am going to be writing about “Management of Grief.” I think that the culture conflict present in the story could be developed more to create an enthralling drama.  It will be fun to work with the characters to demonstrate how they alone, represent such a conflict (esp. Judith Templeton and Shaila). I am also adding a twist to the plot - Dr. Ranganthan’s character will be very different in the film, but not in a way that will take away from the meaning of the short story - that grief is dealt with in accord to the individual. 

         The director of the film, Minority Report, expanded the beginning of the movie. In the short story, Anderton is meeting Witwer for the first time, but in the film, Anderton is on edge to arrest an individual about to commit murder. Also, Witwer is not Anderton’s assistant in the film, but a supervisor for the US Attorney’s Office. Lastly, one major difference between the film and short story is that in the film, Anderton’s wife is not working with him, and they had a son, who died.