I'm writing this from what some might call the "limited" perspective of having not read the book Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. It is a sequel to King's 1977 classic The Shining, which I have also not read. This is all to say that I don't think it matters greatly, in terms of analyzing the film adaptation, as I'm sure countless people over the decades have enjoyed, hated, and pored over Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation of
Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleep
I'm writing this from what some might call the "limited" perspective of having not read the book Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. It is a sequel to King's 1977 classic The Shining, which I have also not read. This is all to say that I don't think it matters greatly, in terms of analyzing the film adaptation, as I'm sure countless people over the decades have enjoyed, hated, and pored over Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation of