Film Based on "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" In Craig Raine's poem "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home" the very literal in essence it is a Martian writing to his people back home. The theme of difference and alienation (no pun intended) is represented by the Martians lack of the proper words or terms to describe everyday things. This suggests that while the Martian can observe and listen to people and things around him …showed first 75 words of 2139 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2139 total…that is gained from translation into film is in the end there is no confusion; if a person were to read the play by himself he might be left confused as to what the Martian were describing. In my film version this confusion is eliminated after a time by visually showing what the Martian meant. I do not feel that the poem's significance changes with translation because the theme's and issue's are still well presented.