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1408: Comparison To The Literary Work

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1408: Comparison to the Literary Work
1408 is a horror movie directed by Mikael Hafstrom in 2007. The lot bases on the short story of the same name written by Stephen King. The movie sticks to the core of the text. The plot focuses on Mike Enslin, a writer, who specializes in books about supernatural powers. He came to the Dolphin Hotel to write a chapter for his new project about its room 1408. Enslin moved in despite manager’s attempts to talk him out of this decision. Soon the fritter found out the room really has something supernatural inside. He almost became another victim of this evil being, but was able to survive by setting a fire. These events are similar for the movie and the short story. But they create totally different impressions because of details. King’s text …show more content…

The major part of the text is focused on the dialogue between the writer and Dolphin’s manager, Olin. The movie showed a totally different image of the hotel’s worker. In the story Olin was described as “a little round man in a dark cutaway coat and a neatly knotted tie… [with] pudgy little hotel manager's hands with their neat white crescents of manicured nail” (King). His character did not look dangerous or scary; the tense atmosphere was created with the aid of Olin’s tales about the room. The movie is different; Samuel L. Jackson as the manager creates an additional tension with his appearance and huge experience as a character of thrillers and action movies. The dialogue between Enslin and Olin took about 15 minutes of the film at the beginning. Instead of trying to talk the writer of his idea, the manager from the movie insults him and likely dare him. The final scene with Jackson sitting in an armchair and commenting Enslin’s rescue suggests a connection between the manager and the room. Literary Olin was just a good manager, who cared about guests and staff and tried to protect them from the room’s

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