based on his novels has exceeded 50, which does not include adaptations of stage plays, adaptations of comics and sequels of adaptations, etc.
, the horror master who can almost be called the "king of adaptations", what do you think about these adapted films? What is his most satisfied and dissatisfied film adaptation of Stephen King's novel?
1, 1994 "The Shawshank Redemption" (The Shawshank Redemption)
"Shawshank's Redemption" is adapted from Stephen King's novel, and is also the most satisfying work of the horror master himself. The film is adapted from the film
. Darabont), adapted the short story "The Woman in the Room" (The Woman in the Room) from Master King's novel "Sometimes, They Will Come Back" (Night Shift) into a short film.
Stephen King likes this short film very much, and thinks this kid is pretty good-"The Woman in the Room" was even shortlisted for the best short film of the year. They became friends, and Master Jin generously let him freely choose the works he wanted to adapt.
After a few years, De Labont has become a Hollywood screenwriter and director, and wrote a script based on Stephen King’s novella "Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption" (Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption) .
Stephen King feels that this is not a good choice. "Rita Hayworth and the Salvation of Xiaoshanke Prison" is not a novel with big scenes—not even the prom-level scene of "Witch Carrie", no Will movies with big scenes be interesting? He suspects that his friend might make this story dull. The
movie is finished, and Master Jin has become the first audience in the world to see the movie "The Salvation of Shawshank". He discovered two interesting facts: this movie may not only be the best movie based on his novel. A great one, it may also be a classic movie. Stephen King can only be described as "maybe" because audiences around the world have not seen the movie.
"Tim (Robins)'s makeup is really terrible!"
director De Labont sat with Stephen King, and when they saw the final ending of "Shawshank's Redemption", De Labont endured I can’t help cursing,
, “He looks too oily. Anyway, there is something weird. I’ll wait and find a way to change this paragraph.”
“Frank, no audience will notice how bad his makeup is.”
Master Jin said, "Because they saw this passage, they must have been crying to the point of crying."
"Shawshank's Redemption" is Master Jin's favorite adaptation of the film, although the wind reviews and box office were not very good after the release── Its cost is only 25 million U.S. dollars, but the box office can't even cover the cost. This Stephen King considered it to be an "adaptation representing the American spirit." It was not until the video tape was released, and its reputation was slowly accumulated, before justice was finally recovered.
Nowadays, it is the first movie in history in the minds of many viewers.
"I am honored to be a part of "Shawshank's Redemption"." To say this from the original author of the film adaptation is really the biggest praise for "Shawshank's Redemption".
2, 1986 "Stand By Me" (Stand By Me)
Stephen King cried out after watching the film "Stand By Me" (Stand By Me) adapted from his work.
When Joaquin Phoenix is loved by global audiences and film critics, some people may think of his elder brother, River Phoenix, who died young. One of Revel's masterpieces is the movie "Walk with Me", which he performed when he was 15 years old. This movie made him a well-known young face.
This movie did not even mention Stephen King’s name on the poster.It is adapted from a novel by Stephen King. The film dealer at the time felt that the audience was already familiar with Stephen King as the master of horror, so if Master King was mentioned in the promotion, the audience would mistakenly think that "Walk with Me" was a horror movie with many corpses and ghosts.
later adopted the same strategy in the promotion of "Shawshank's Redemption", so many viewers still don't know that these films are the works of Master Jin. But having said that, "Walk with Me" does have an unmistakable corpse, or a child. The four dead children still want to find the dead child's body by themselves. Revel Phoenix is the representative of the bad children.
Therefore, this movie was not favored before it was released, because many people didn’t know what was special about this kid-in-chief movie, and the few viewers who knew that this movie was adapted from Stephen King’s work had no confidence: it’s not horror. There is no charm in Stephen King's novels.
Most of the audience came in for director Rob Reiner's reputation, and his pseudo-documentary comedy "This Is Spinal Tap" has won the support of many rock fans.
Reiner prepared a private special screening for the original author before the release.
He said: "We prepared a screening room for Master Jin to watch alone. When the film was over, he was almost emotionally broken and crying confused. He asked to be alone for 15 minutes and let him clean up. Emotions. When he came back he said, "This is the best movie in the adaptation of my novel! Although you didn't copy it, you have grasped the core of my story. Do you know? "Walk with Me" is actually my autobiography. The fictitious plots in the
plot are just to constitute a reason to find the corpse, but I am the writer in the story, and my best friend when I was a child Acting), it’s really the same as in the movie. He believed that I could become a writer since he was a child, and he really was killed and passed away at a very young age.""
Reiner’s film and Revel’s acting skills made Kim The master cried bitterly. This is certainly the best film based on Stephen King's novel. Over the years, I even feel that Master Jin’s own novels are not as moving as the movie itself. This is a great movie, or an excellent movie that reminds the author himself why he wrote this novel.
But the interesting thing is that the horror master Stephen King thinks that the best film adaptations are not standard horror novels. This is really interesting. Next, let's take a look at a horror movie based on Stephen King's novel that he thinks is a great change. Of course, there is also the film adaptation that he hated for decades.
