‘The Big Picture’ — 'It' Director Andy Muschietti on Adapting Stephen King (Ep. 350)
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🗓️ 8 September 2017
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:43.3 | It's not what it the story is it is sort of a parable of the death of childhood and the death of a world of imagination and magic |
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| 0:56.9 | I'm Sean Fennacy editor and chief of the Ringer and here's the big picture |
| 1:00.4 | There's really only one movie out this weekend that people are gonna care about and with good reason |
| 1:04.2 | It's the latest adaptation of Stephen King's it and I'm happy to report that it's great scary and sweet and equal measure |
| 1:10.6 | I read it as a teenager and I can still picture my parents dog-eared copy |
| 1:14.1 | I love the 1990 ABC mini-series starring Tim Curry the new movie |
| 1:18.5 | Capture something new and something old about the story that I think people were really gonna like the director of the new movie |
| 1:23.4 | Andy Muschetti is here to talk about his vision of it what King thought of his movie and where he's going next with it |
| 1:28.6 | But before we talk to Andy I'm joined by a Ringer staff writer and Stephen King fan Kate nibbz to talk all things it |
| 1:34.6 | Kate thanks for joining me. Oh, thanks for asking me. Kate you told me last week that you were rereading the book it written by Stephen King |
| 1:41.1 | Why are you rereading this book? |
| 1:43.1 | So it was one of the only horror movies and books that I was allowed to read as a child and |
| 1:49.0 | And I was especially obsessed with the the 1990 mini series actually |
| 1:53.7 | So I rewatched that as well and then I just decided to |
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