![]() And for anyone who’s still curious to watch the film version, I hope this analysis might be a sufficient alternative to watching it.īut if you’re like me and saw it before Singer’s abuses became known to the public, it’s impossible to get this film out of my mind. It’s actually quite difficult to find these days, so anybody interested in experiencing this tale should go straight to the source and read the original novella. No matter what I say about Apt Pupil and how compelling of a viewing experience I had with it (I saw it years before the Singer allegations came to light), I can’t recommend it for obvious reasons. Seeing how the film shows a seduction of evil with a truly predatory relationship between Dussander and Todd, it almost feels like Apt Pupil is Singer telling on himself. The result was a film that proves to be one of the eeriest and most disturbing Stephen King adaptations, not just because of the work on-screen, but because the crimes that the director would go on to commit put the film’s themes in a whole new warped context. ![]() That is until Bryan Singer used the momentum from The Usual Suspects to direct his own version. It looked like a film adaptation was dead in the water. They had even started shooting when the plug was pulled. There were several attempts to produce Apt Pupil, and there was almost a version starring Nicol Williamson as Dussander, the Nazi war criminal. ![]() The novella was published in the anthology, “Different Seasons,” alongside the stories that inspired The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me. ![]()
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