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Hollywood's Stephen King Paperback - 2003
by Magistrale, Tony
- Used
Tony Magistrale explores many of the movie versions of Stephen King's works and provides important insights into both the films and the fiction on which they are based.
Description
Details
- Title Hollywood's Stephen King
- Author Magistrale, Tony
- Binding Paperback
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 233
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Palgrave Macmillan, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Date 2003-11-22
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP76410498
- ISBN 9780312293215 / 0312293216
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.26 x 5.48 x 0.67 in (20.98 x 13.92 x 1.70 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Horror films - United States - History and, King, Stephen - Film and video adaptations
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003056464
- Dewey Decimal Code 791.436
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From the jacket flap
After a preface that investigates and refutes the notion that King's films are not worthy of serious consideration, Magistrale divides his book into chapters analyzing a selection of those films that center on children, on females, on fathers, on heroes, and on technology. These chapters are bookended by a particularly candid new interview with King and an equally frank chapter on the strengths and weaknesses of King's made-for-television movies. The entire volume is worth reading, but its highlights include astute evaluations of "Carrie" and "Cujo," "Apt Pupil," "The Dead Zone," "The Running Man," "The Night Flier," andboth the cinematic and TV versions of "The Shining," The section on "Dolores Claiborne" is simply the best analysis I've ever read of that under-appreciated film, and Magistrale is well ahead of most critics in his understanding of the moral implications of King's most somber work, the original teleplay "Storm of the Century." Overall, H"ollywood's Stephen King" amply confirms Tony Magistrale's position as the dean of King critics. This book is a keeper."--Mary Pharr, editor of "Fantastic Odysseys: Selected Essays from the Twenty-Second International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts"
"Finally! Tony Magistrale explores many of the movie versions of Stephen King's works and provides important insights into both the films and the fiction on which they are based. As I read the manuscript, I kept making marginal notes like 'Insightful, ' 'Interesting, ' and 'Wow. Why didn't I think of that?' Reading "Hollywood's Stephen King" was a pleasure that brought back pleasant memories of the good film adaptations and explained why so many other adaptations were less successful. "Hollywood's Stephen King" is an important critical work and one that should be on the shelves of everyone who is interested in King, popular culture, cultural studies, and film."--Carol Senf, professor at The Georgia Institute of Technology
"Novels are novels, and films are films--and when the twain meet, it' s a miracle. Tony Magistrale' s informed commentary on Hollywood' s scattershot (and often scatter-brained) approach to the fiction of Stephen King helps explain why classics like "Stand By Me" and "The Shawshank Redemption" can be found on the same shelf as "Children of the Corn III" and"The Mangler," A must-read for King' s many fans, as well as screenwriters and producers, and for moviegoers who wonder why so much can be lost in the translation from the page to the screen."--Douglas E. Winter, author of "Run" and "Stephen King: The Art of Darkness"
Media reviews
Citations
- Choice, 03/01/2004, Page 1297
- Library Journal, 10/15/2003, Page 71
- Publishers Weekly, 10/06/2003, Page 74