Stephen King - Devil King
Stephen King is the most-read and best-known American novelist in the world today. Named "Master of Modern Horror Fiction" by The New York Times. Since the 1980s and 1990s, his novels have always been at the top of the American bestseller lists over the years, and they have remained on the list for a long time. Each work has become a sought-after item for Hollywood producers. The royalties are more than tens of millions of dollars.
The National Book Foundation awarded Stephen King the Medal for Outstanding Contribution to American Literature on November 19, 2003. The awarding body pointed out that Stephen King's works inherit the great tradition of American literature focusing on plot and atmosphere, and reflect the beautiful and tragic moral truths deep in the human soul. With King's rise to the ranks of literary giants, and despite the snarky derision of opponents and the astonishment of critics, there is one fact that cannot be ignored: Stephen King's creative achievements and what he has learned from his readers. The universal acceptance of liking is a prize more reliable than any medal.
In Stephen King's 30-year creative career, he has written more than 200 short stories and 40 books, and the short story "The Man in the Black Suit" won the O. Henry Award. His books have been translated into 33 languages, published in 35 countries, and have a total print run of over 300 million copies. What is more worth mentioning is that more than 70 films and TV shows are based on his works, thus setting Guinness World Records. Examples include "Carrie", "THE SHINING" ("The Shining"), "Dolores Claiborne", "Misery", " The Shawshank Redemption " ("The Shawshank Redemption"), "The Green Mile" ("The Green Mile"). These glittering names built Stephen King's cinematic kingdom, and he, as his name suggests, is the king of that kingdom.
Stephen King's Riding the Bullet is still gripping, but most notable is that it is the acclaimed horror novelist's first e-Book, ushering in a whole new paradigm of publishing , and achieved success, making huge waves in the publishing world.
Mick Garris - Failure? success?
Mick Allen Garris, who is over half a hundred years old, can be described as versatile, acting, producing, writing, and directing. He regularly dabbles in horror, thriller and adventure films and TV series, and is known for his frequent collaborations with Stephen King.
Due to Stephen King's preference for "The Shining " ("The Shining"), although masters Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson have performed successfully, King still decided to play the film in 1997, since The team remade "THE SHINING", directed by Mick Garris. This version is 273 minutes long. It includes all the details that were omitted by Kubrick in the novel, and also added many Kubrick years. The lack of stunts does not avoid making it a mediocre, boring, empty work, and, because of the verbosity, these flaws are magnified even more.
This "Riding the Bullet" is still adapted and directed by Mick. Moreover, Kim's other novel " Desperation " ("Desperation") has also been commissioned by Mick to adapt it into a TV series, which will be released in 2005. It seems that the failure of "THE SHINING II" has not affected Mick and Kim. cooperate.
Dr. Long Zhan Yuye of the Suspense Film Research Institute believes that this film does not fully restore the appearance of Stephen King's original work, and it is lacking in many places.
