As expected, their projects include seminal directors such as William Friedkin, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Billy Wilder and Steven Spielberg.
Stephen Kingthe prolific author of terror, revealed his 10 favorite films of all time and, naturally, has excluded the adaptations of his own work from the list.
This multifaceted writer, whose novels The Long Walk, The Running Man and ITEM They are receiving upcoming projects in Hollywood, tweeted their list on social network X, “without any particular order.”
As expected, their projects include seminal directors such as William Friedkin, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Billy Wilder and Steven Spielberg (the latter, twice) and two films starring the legendary Humphrey Bogart, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert De Niro. The list is also dominated by classics of the 70s.
What are Stephen King’s 10 favorite films
King begins with Sorcererwhich was hard criticized and a box office disaster, perhaps because Star Wars It became a resounding success only one month earlier, in 1977. Since then, it has received a critical reevaluation and has been cited by some as a underestimated masterpiece, including Friedkin himself (The exorcist), who said it was his most personal and difficult project.
It also mentions a The godfather IIsix times Oscar winner, and The flight of 1972, starring Steve McQueen and Ali Macgraw In an adventure in the style of Bonnie & Clyde. Perhaps a surprising entrance for a writer known for his chilling works is the romantic comedy of temporary loop of Bill Murray and Andie Macdowell, Marmot’s Daya universally loved classic in the genre that has inspired a wide range of later films with similar themes.
King also includes Casablanca In his list, the always quotable and devastatingly moving romantic drama of Bogart e Ingrid Bergman set in World War II.
The Neawestern of John Huston, The Treasury of the Sierra Madre (1948), and the black cinema classic of Billy Wilder, Perdition (1944). They also appear Sharkwhich has just celebrated its 50th anniversary and will soon be exhibited in the Academy Museum, and the science fiction drama about UFOs, Close meetings of the third type. Mean Streets De Scorsese, his first of several collaborations with De Niro, also appears on the list.
In his list the exclusion of his four favorite adaptations stands out: Misery and Account with me (both directed by Rob Reiner), as well as The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption (both directed by Frank Darabontwho also adapted the fog).
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