But certainly the experience must’ve changed his approach because these days, when doing deals for his books, the author says, “I want a dollar, and I want approvals over the screenwriter, the director and the principal cast.” And frankly, he’s one of the few writers who can demand it and get it. However, he also cites “ Graveyard Shift” and the “ Children Of The Corn” sequels as other King based movies that didn’t work for him.īeyond that, the conversation with the author is pretty interesting.
Okay, so King will never soften on “The Shining,” and that’s fine.
In the sense that when you met him, and when you talked to him, he was able to interact in a perfectly normal way but you never felt like he was all the way there. I think he did some terrific things but, boy, he was a really insular man. Strangelove,’ for one and ‘ Paths of Glory,’ for another. He’s made some of the movies that mean a lot to me, ‘ Dr. But I met Kubrick and there’s no question he’s a terrifically smart guy. The other real difference is at the end of my book the hotel blows up, and at the end of Kubrick’s movie the hotel freezes. In the movie, there’s no tragedy because there’s no real change. In the book, he’s a guy who’s struggling with his sanity and finally loses it. Ullman, the manager of the hotel, and you know, then, he’s crazy as a shit house rat. “When we first see Jack Nicholson, he’s in the office of Mr.
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