King On Screen

The real King

Doc offers an insightful look at the daunting process of adapting Stephen King’s legendary literary catalog for cinema and television.

King On Screen.

I liked this one a lot. Stephen King is awesome.

Some Directors Talk About Their Movies

Movie: Perfectly watchable documentary that covers many prominent adaptations of Stephen King's works. It's not comprehensive, nor does it really have an overall takeaway besides "King writes good characters", but it is a collection of interesting anecdotes about many great movies, from a lot of great directors. The extended opening doesn't really mesh with the rest of the doc, but taken as just a dense, "spot the reference" sketch it's fun enough. 77 Minute Version: Overall this seemed just as good as the longer version. The intro felt like it had a few things missing which very slightly lessened it. I probably only noticed b/c multiple of the special features focused on the intro. Combined with how much cut interview material I watched going through the extras I found myself more drawn to the intro in comparison this time. Extras: A very large amount of cut interview footage, broken out by scene, which is nice. Not sure we needed the multiple commentaries on the intro but I didn't really mind. 2 different trailers also a bit superfluous, but nicer to have too much than not enough. Packaging: Overall fine, but the slipcover really makes it stand out.