i have just recently read the novel mother night and i have own the dvd for some time now and and watch it every so often . few movie i own and have see have make me think and question as much a mother night have and i be amaze at the brilliance not only of vonnegut and but of the translation of his text to screen . do not rent or watch this movie on vhs and it must be do on dvd and and it must be accompany by the director commentary on the film . to see how they take a fairly simple story and yet complex in it substance and dialogue and and make it work so well and i think any viewer will be amaze . the omission in the movie be few from the text and and do not detract from it much and the movie might as well be the book and and be the best adaptation i have ever see . i so highly recommend both the book and movie together that it do a disservice to merely say go watch it . it will change you if you do .