For fans of Chinese movies and novels, Stephen King is undoubtedly a legend in the fiction industry today (and even thought he was RIP earlier). His long-lasting creative vitality, high-yield and best-selling works are breathtaking and make latecomers hard to come by.
In 1974, Jin Ju's family moved to Colorado, where the summers are hot and the winters are cold, and he wrote the classic masterpiece "The Shining."
In 1980, the novel was put on the big screen by the director of "Crazy Genius" Kubrick. The claustrophobic, elusive and unknown fear that the film always radiates has become a classic film that "beyond the original".
Thirty years later, while on vacation in Florida, King continued to write "The Shining". The story revolves around the life situation of adult Danny, confronting the "shining" girl against the true knot family, super feeling, dream in dream, Elements such as alien races and witches can see Jin's keen capture of pop culture. The super-powerful little girl born in the millennium in the story also incorporates Kim's shock and observation of the 9/11 incident, so that the novel does not seem to be so friendly to the "children".
In 2018, Steven Spielberg's new film "The Number One Player" took the lead in "tribute".
In November 2019, the sequel to "The Shining" and the movie with the same name as the novel "Doctor Sleep" was released.
Rather than saying that the movie "Doctor Sleeper" is a "tribute" to Kubrick, it is more of an "intertextual" viewing experience with the previous film "The Shining". It is not only a complete, novel and fantasy adventure story, but also a horrible journey of nostalgia. It's just that in this sensory journey, all the panic images have been concretized, without the psychological tremor caused by Cockroaches' depression, suffocation, and helplessness.
The director made a trade-off between Stephen King's novels and Kubrick's films (or fiction fans and movie fans), and commercial filming and production obscured the pursuit of style. However, for a "The Shining" mystery that was once scared, being able to be nostalgic for the classics once again in the present, and came with a sincere 180 minutes, it is really a surprise! ! !
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