King on Screen - Official Trailer (2023) Stephen King Documentary - video Dailymotion

King on Screen - Official Trailer (2023) Stephen King Documentary

Transcript

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00:02 >> Every one of you hasn't read a Stephen King book,

00:04 has still seen a Stephen King movie.

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00:09 >> It all started with Carrie.

00:11 >> Seeing her burn everything down at the end.

00:13 >> You're watching it and it's thrilling.

00:14 >> Creepshow had a massive impact.

00:17 >> It completely traumatized me.

00:19 >> Aren't you gonna say hello?

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00:24 >> Head Cemetery is a great movie.

00:26 >> Misery is one of my favorites.

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00:31 >> Stephen King writes human beings and

00:34 then he puts them in phantasmagorical situations.

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00:41 >> Instead of setting everything in big cities,

00:44 he chooses locations that are identifiable for everybody.

00:47 >> It's an idealized America, but

00:50 then it's ripped apart and sent to hell.

00:52 >> When I think of my favorite Stephen King movies,

00:55 I think of Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption.

00:57 >> I remember being shocked that someone who I associated so

01:01 much with horror was capable of creating something so beautiful.

01:05 >> Much of Stephen King's work seems to be about how we treat each other.

01:10 >> Whether it's the family in Cujo or

01:13 what's happening in The Shining between Jack and Wendy.

01:17 >> This isn't like it's coming, this is about what's here.

01:20 >> That's the legend of Stephen King,

01:22 is able to see things in the future that the average person can't.

01:26 >> He's been such a mirror for pop culture, but now he is his own pop culture.

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01:33 [LAUGH]

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