Its widely known that stephen king was unhappy with kubricks approach to putting the shining on the screen. He starts off with not much personality, which is kind of saved up for later in the story when the house gets in his head and he becomes a clown. From the creepy twins to that bleeding elevator, here are. The amount of changes is one of the reasons why king hated the film so much. Then i love the book the shining it was one of my favorites by stephen king. How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen. Stephen kings book the shining and stanley kubricks corresponding adaptation are both staples of the horror genre, but theyre also very different beasts. In the movie the motivation of the ghosts is to possess jack torrance to get him to kill danny. If youre a patreon member, you can hear the full discussion as they hash it out on episode 8 of the something red podcast, but heres a quick synopsis of their thoughts to tide you over until. The shining book vs movie and what to watchread first.
Watching a movie after reading the book is a wonderful way to encourage students to think critically about how each medium presented roughly the same information. In the book, jack torrance went on a rampage with a croquet mallet, not an axe. Here are the major differences between the doctor sleep book and mike flanagans movie. There must be something about the initials s and k. A t book readings, stephen king sometimes tells a story about his only preproduction discussion for the 1980 film adaptation of the shining. Doctor sleep, the new stephen king movie from writer and director mike flanagan, tries to reconcile three essentially incompatible texts. Was stephen king right to hate stanley kubricks shining. Meanwhile, the book dives deeper into the three interconnected families the youngs, the shangs, and the tsiens and rotates the point of view for different chapters, shining a spotlight on. Weve already seen a live action adaptation of stephen kings novel thanks to 1990s television miniseries with tim curry bringing the novels villain to life. Movie plays out a little different for cc and jayson the duo decided on the infamous and always controversial the shining. The shinings 1980 hedge maze chase is one of the most iconic endings in horror history. If it seems odd that a movie more than three decades old would now warrant a film documenting its most indepth theories, consider this. Spoiler alert first things first, stuart ullman, the manager of the overlook, was way different in the movie than he was in the book.
The shining sequel doctor sleep is now a feature film directed by mike flanagan. Much akin to the original by stanley kubrick, which differed from its. Stephen kings sequel to the shining changed a lot on its way to the big screen. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Movie june 19, 2014 the shining, stephen kings third book was an instant bestseller and stanley kubricks movie based on the book went on to become a masterpiece in no time and is hailed as one of the scariest movies ever. The biggest difference in movie viewers versus book readers was with the silence of the lambs, which 46% more americans had seen the adaptation. Stephen kings the shining and stanley kubricks adaptation are two completely different beasts. Not only do they stand for one of the worlds greatest authors, they also apply to one of our finest directors. Kings book may be scarier in essence, but kubrick simply took it to another level.
The shining 1977 is stephen kings third novel, and according to wikipedia, the one that established him as a popular author. But there was no sense of anything cohesive going on. Danny seems to be a lot closer with wendy, there isnt much shown about dannys bond with jack. Whats different between the shining book and movie. Psychoanalysis of jack torrent character introduction one of the famous 1980s films is popular today with the name of the shining. The tension felt when jack jack nicholson chases danny danny lloyd through the hotel grounds is incredible. Based on the book written by stephen king, the movie version of doctor sleep differs from its source material. Check out his first column below, exploring the shining. Although i havent seen it, im told its not the best thing ever. Good ones for this are the harry potter series, holes, the chronicles of narnia series, and where. Why is the shining book better than the shining movie. Movie, hell be taking a critical look at movie adaptations of horror novels. Heres every difference between the shining book and the. Stephen kings the shining is a classic piece of literature and stanley kubricks cinematic version shares the same cult status.
An essay with video headtoheads this is an adapted and expanded version of a talk i gave on september 21, 2017 at kevin geeks out about stephen king at nitehawk cinema in williamsburg, brooklyn. In 1997, king helmed a madefortv adaptation of the shining which sought to restore his vision of what it ought to be on film. Tv series merrygoround of the shining gets another spin this week with the wide release available in theaters and on itunes of room 237. With the push and pull of public opinion between the audience that covets stanley kubricks the shining, and that of the books author, stephen king, one. The 10 most outrageous theories about what the shining.
Differences between the shining book vs movie page 1. Well there was two shining movies the old version with jake nicholson. So many people wonder how much of a difference there is between the film and novel of the shining by stephen king. Did the setting in the movie look like you had imagined it. One of the reasons king probably hates the film so much is because it left so much of his original material behind. Is doctor sleep a sequel to the shining novel or the movie. The book, the shining, is a literary masterpiece written by stephen king. The shining is two stories, both the same, but somehow very different. This provocative and fascinating documentary, a crowdpleaser at film festivals around the world last year, showcases some of the elaborate theories about what kubrick was really thinking. There was no internet when the shining was released and it. Doctor sleep book vs movie how faithful is the shining. Top 10 differences between the shining book and movie. How king and kubricks versions are different by tom reimann november 6, 2019.
Watchmojo ranks the top differences between the shining book and movie. The made for tv version of the movie is more true to the book, but i think the kubrick movie is slightly better. The shining is a horror cinema masterpiece, and figuring out its haunting and iconic ending was no easy task for stanley kubrick. We all know how intensely a book can be altered when revised from novel to film, but just what exactly gets lost in translation. The main problem with kubricks adaptation, the story was holey. The movie, the shining, is a cinematic masterpiece directed by stanley kubrick. Kings book is a direct sequel to his 1977 novel the shining, and most definitely not a direct sequel to the 1980 film directed by stanley kubrick, which king notoriously hated. Then the new version who i cant remember what his name was but i know he played on the tv show wings. Ive gone through the novel and film multiples times and comprised this list of changes and similarities between.
King disliked shelly duvalls weak scream and run character and nicholsons toorapid descent into insanity, versus book jack torrance, who experienced a slower and thus more agonizing loss of his marbles. Kevin geeks out is a monthly series of talks on geeky topics hosted by kevin maher. The final, terrible shot of jack on the ground, his frozen face forever stuck in its maniacal, upwardlooking openmouth gaze, instantly freezes itself into the brain of anyone who. For me, the movie gets a solid 8 out of 10 on the scary scale. It was a psychological horror movie that was the direction and production of stanley kubrick, having diane johnson as a coauthor. Doctor sleep movie vs book differences how mike flanagan. Stanley kubricks 1980 film the shining is considered a horror masterpiece, and even one of. Stanley kubricks the shining was released in 1980, and since has been hailed as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Even though more americans 46% have seen the 1962 adaptation of to kill a mockingbird starring gregory peck than have read the book, it comes in as the seventh most popular movie. The screenplay was written by stanley kubrick and diane johnson. Stephen kings 1977 novel the shining, stanley kubrick. Differences between the shining book vs movie page 3.
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