Chapter 8 Stephen King: The Poetry of Delay

Stephen King seems to cast a spell on his novels. Any film adapted from his novel, no matter who directs it, will still become a "Stephen King movie". The director of the work is Frank Darabont, Has worked with Stephen King three times (the first two were with), but now it seems that it is not Frank Darabont using King's novels, but rather King hiring Darabont again and again, Turn your own novel into a movie by frame. Having an affair with Stephen King ended like that.There was only one exception, and that time the other party was Stanley Kubrick. Obviously, the two had their own insistence, and Kubrick won. Those "Stephen King elements" did not appear enough in "The Shining", So unrecognizable, so Stephen King took the story all over again himself.And at first glance, it is derived from Stephen King's pen: the story is thin, the rhythm is slow, the scene rarely changes, the characters' life experience is quite Kim's style, and there must be a crazy leader-like man and woman who jump out at the right time and encourage the crowd to create the end of the world scene.

The most recognizable thing is that Stephen King always provides a special psychological feeling, a bit decadent, a bit desolate, a bit falling, but an unusually warm feeling. There are always sparsely populated towns in his stories, The claustrophobic space, the bewildered people snuggling together, and the trivial, unwavering daily life, there is a kind of desolate joy of getting together or parting, and a kind of warmth that hangs by a thread, like the late night when I was a child, on a special day , relatives and friends get together, and three or five people sit around the bed and tell ghost stories. It doesn’t matter whether the story is scary or not. To exist, but to know that this moment will never last.

Those who like Stephen King's novels and movies mostly like this kind of psychological feeling, and those who don't understand this kind of feeling will regard Stephen King as daunting, just like adults watching "Teletubbies", they must feel stupid and ridiculous, but Children aged two to five will find it comfortable.However, whether it is a novel or a movie, it is not difficult to provide a story with twists and turns, clean and neat. The stories are not fresh, nor are they refined and neat enough, but they can be read over and over again, from any page at random, probably because of this subtle feeling of being able to gather similar people.For example, the novel was published in 1984, and it clearly borrowed the idea from John Carpenter's 1980 film "The Fog of the Night", but put together, "The Fog of the Night" will receive rational praise, but it will win hard-to-find audiences. Expressed love.

Stephen King's film is a kind of "poetic film", but the poetry appeared much later than the intuition. The poetry he provided also appeared after such a delay. It must be when we blur or even forget its plot and confuse it. Only after mixing and mixing special feelings can he admit his own unforgettableness and feel a certain poetic feeling, so his films will always be praised later, such as "Walk with Me", "Blood Rose" , "Return of the Clown", "Dream Catcher", "Scarred by Tears", "Night Walker", "Black Hole", and even, so his films have been nominated for ten Oscars in total, but few Harvest, because the Oscar can't wait that long, it's only awarded now.

So the ratings on IMDB are very high, but the reviews are polarized. I am also vacillating, but I also know that when it comes to Stephen King, I always have to wait.