Jesse Armstrong, writer
1/9/202642 min
Jesse Armstrong, writer, TV showrunner, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.
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First 90 secondsMark Kermode· Host0:00
(instrumental music) Hello and welcome to Screenshot, Radio 4's guide through the ever-expanding universe of the moving image. I'm Mark Kermode.
Ellen E Jones· Host0:10
And I'm Eleni Jones. This year marks half a century since the first major screen adaptation of a story by Stephen King hit US cinemas.
Mark Kermode· Host0:19
Carrie, directed by Brian De Palma and based on King's first published novel, centered on a bullied teenager with an overbearingly zealous mother who comes to discover that she has telekinetic powers, building to an unforgettable bucket of blood finale at a high school prom.
Ellen E Jones· Host0:34
The film was a critical and commercial success, something of a rarity for the horror genre at that time, and it earned Academy Award nominations for both Sissy Spacek as the tormented Carrie White and Piper Laurie as her religious fanatic mother.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:47
Stop it, Mama. Stop hurting yourself, Mama.
Speaker 30:52
(crying) He's gonna laugh at you. They're all gonna laugh at you.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:56
They're not gonna laugh at me. Look, it's not too late. You can stay here with me. I don't want to stay with you, Mama.
Speaker 31:01
Look, I'll answer the door and I'll tell them that you're sick. (crying) I'll tell them that you changed your mind.
Speaker 2· Soundbite1:06
Sit down and be quiet!
Mark Kermode· Host1:08
Carrie may have started the Stephen King cinematic fire in 1976, but it's a fire that's been raging ever since. Stephen King is now the most adapted living author. The work of the master of modern horror has provided the basis for a head-spinning array of films, TV series and short features, not only from celebrated directors like Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, and