This post contains spoilers for "Storm of the Century".

If you've never heard of a "storm of the century", or don't remember it's part of Steven King's huge literary eoThat's because it's not a book. When not included in film or television adaptations of his works, King often writes original scenarios that carry his most experimental narrative impulses. In most cases, these projects are adaptations of his books (Such as the faithful, eccentric version of the "glitter" miniseries), but "Storm of the Century" is not based on existing works, as King wrote only for television. In fact, the script was sold as a mass market paper, ahead of the ABC series, broadcast in February 1999, which helped shine in the spotlight of this massive neglected miniseries transmitted by Craig R. Baxley ("triangle", "Rose Red").

So what is the series about? The people of the small tall island are accustomed to local storms, but they look something unprepared for a powerful trembling, which people call ... The storm of the century. To worsen things, an elderly resident is brutally killed, and further investigation reveals that the killer in question is a mysterious stranger. This man, Andre Linogen, makes no attempt to escape - instead, he allows himself to arrest himself and begin to pour unwanted secrets to the city, while in return he expects something cryptic from them. By the time we realize that the linoger is more than a man, a slightly tall island descends into chaos, with the impending storm completely destabilizing the community in a small town inside.

There are echoes on topics that King is best known for research, such as the sudden exposure to seemingly idyllic city and the presence of a man who opposes the laws of nature and established society. But the "storm of the century" feels more philosophical than the average story of the king, as he dives deeper into the complexity of lost innocence, along with the illusion of the choice that represents us. As a result, King is partly in the "Storm of the Century", and he explains why in an interview with Review books in Los Angeles. Here's what the author had to say.

In an interview with the above, King spoke in length about incorporating a wide range of film and television adaptations, while explaining why the visual medium is often preferred above all others. While talking to bring his stories to life on the big (and small) screen, King referred to the series "Under the Dome" and why her three seasonal work was not as influential as the showers expected. King argues that some stories are best missed in a romantic form, where "the character, the theme, the development, (s) the narrative arc" make all the heavy raises in a way that the internal affairs of the visual medium cannot, he said, he admitted that some stories were able to bypass these restrictions and "crawls":

"I wrote a few films, and" Creepshow "was a success. Some of the others were not successful. The things I like best are the miniiseries, things that work two or three, or four parts. My favorite thing is my" storm of the century ", which I thought it really succeeded. I just loved the way it turned out. "

The fact that King has compared the minisers to Darenmat's "visit" is not at all complemented, as the 1956 tragicomic performance has a return to an eccentric figure, which forces city people into unwanted deal. While the play is darker absurd, King's minisers are liberated liberally from his previous works, weaving in Gothic elements with a based sense of uncertainty. For those who are well trained with King's most famous novels, "Storm of the Century" can feel more than them. However, if you look at these thematic redirects, we have an attractive game for a morality that is exciting and frightening, elevated with well -acting performances that help sell the pleasantly strange premise.

While King's original scenario is obviously superb, we must give a loan to the tight direction of Baxley, as it avoids relying too much in the CGI spectacle to translate the more esoteric aspects of the story. These macaber elements are reserved only for climate moments, which works in favor of a story that uses the extremes of human stupidity to drive its primary conflict. Although the "storm of the century" remains mostly forgotten, Its latent influence can still be felt, especially in the "midnight mass of Mike Flanagan", that reveals the moral structure of the moral of the funniest gruesome ways.

The "Storm of the Century" is currently moving to Julu.