From 'The Outsider' to 'It,' the challenges of adapting Stephen King
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torontosun.comMost Stephen King fans know his work exists in two worlds. First, there’s the page, where images of psychotic, otherworldly clowns, reanimated pet corpses, the ghosts of murdered young girls and haunted cars are injected into our imagination.
Then there’s the screen, where we actually see them.These worlds are not always kindly to each other. While many consider Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of the writer’s beloved “The Shining” to be one of the greatest horror films ever made, King himself famously despises it, calling it “a big, beautiful Cadillac with no engine inside it.” To say it’s possible to adapt his work in a manner that satisfies everyone would be an exercise in absurdity.
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