I’ve always felt that King’s screenplay work in the 80s was mostly meant to be deliberate comedy and that the horror was too focused on by audiences and critics at the expense of what King was really doing. Ebert wrote that Silver Bullet was either King’s worst movie or his funniest. King knew what he was doing, in spite of the massive amount of drugs in his system.
"Quitters Inc." was a great story, but like Nathan it did make me marvel at the titular company's apparently massive worldwide surveillance infrastructure. Overall I am a huge fan of King's short stories, and so I have been continuously disappointed at filmmakers' inability to adapt them properly. "Quitters Inc." was one of the better ones.
I tried to adapt Quitters, Inc. into a dramatic monologue for Speech Team in junior high, and got a somewhat wry dressing down from the ever awe worthy, Sigourney Weaver-esque instructor who felt dismemberment might be too far over the line for teenagers consider for viable inter-county competitive content. Went with "Day of the Triffids" instead, made it to state finals. I have a lasting warm regard for Cat's Eye, and that feline fur ball deep throat kill is nothing to cough at.
I've only seen this in segments so maybe the whole is better than the pieces. I found each, individually, to be both corny and off putting. Over the course of a 20 minute short the combination doesn't work. However over the course of 90 or so minutes I think it would set a sustainable tone.
The director did the decent Jewel of the Nile then, after being trapped in development hell by Orion, went on to be a steady hand on TV. That's really a great gig for a mid tier director. I have a few friends in showbiz who say movie directing is so hit and miss, and the salary often so low no matter how good you are., that moving on to TV and advertising makes your career very sustainable.
I’ve always felt that King’s screenplay work in the 80s was mostly meant to be deliberate comedy and that the horror was too focused on by audiences and critics at the expense of what King was really doing. Ebert wrote that Silver Bullet was either King’s worst movie or his funniest. King knew what he was doing, in spite of the massive amount of drugs in his system.
"Quitters Inc." was a great story, but like Nathan it did make me marvel at the titular company's apparently massive worldwide surveillance infrastructure. Overall I am a huge fan of King's short stories, and so I have been continuously disappointed at filmmakers' inability to adapt them properly. "Quitters Inc." was one of the better ones.
I tried to adapt Quitters, Inc. into a dramatic monologue for Speech Team in junior high, and got a somewhat wry dressing down from the ever awe worthy, Sigourney Weaver-esque instructor who felt dismemberment might be too far over the line for teenagers consider for viable inter-county competitive content. Went with "Day of the Triffids" instead, made it to state finals. I have a lasting warm regard for Cat's Eye, and that feline fur ball deep throat kill is nothing to cough at.
I've only seen this in segments so maybe the whole is better than the pieces. I found each, individually, to be both corny and off putting. Over the course of a 20 minute short the combination doesn't work. However over the course of 90 or so minutes I think it would set a sustainable tone.
The director did the decent Jewel of the Nile then, after being trapped in development hell by Orion, went on to be a steady hand on TV. That's really a great gig for a mid tier director. I have a few friends in showbiz who say movie directing is so hit and miss, and the salary often so low no matter how good you are., that moving on to TV and advertising makes your career very sustainable.