EXCLUSIVE – FEARNET’S “POST MORTEM WITH MICK GARRIS” WITH WILLIAM FRIEDKIN

Mick "The Shining and The Stand" Garris is awesome? Since when?

I too am baffled by Nick calling Mick Garris "awesome".  We're talking about the guy who directed Sleepwalkers, The Stand, and The Shining right?  That's a big heaping serving of shit right there. 

Mick Garris is a hero to people like Nunziata, and Drew McWeeny, because he was able to launch a writing/directing career by kissing enough ass during his days as a journalist. This is why The Nunz thinks Garris is "awesome" as opposed to someone like Kevin Smith, who according to Nicky is scum, that actually went out and built a career based on his, admitedly, limited talents with hard work and determination, two concepts totally alien to Nunziata who toots his video rental history as his qualifications. Not to mention that Smith has actually made some good movies while Garris has made nothing but fucking trash his whole career.

 

Nick is a phony just like Faraci. Both are full of shit.

 

 

 

He's one of the nicest and most knowledge-laden horror dudes out there. Yeah, as a director I'm with you. But I've known Mick a long time (and his wife, who kicks ass) and he's such a good fellow.

Wow.

 

Fair enough. I don't know the man. There are plenty of authors I don't like who I consider great people.
 

 

He's been doing good interviews for years and The Shining while not a speck on Kubricks masterpiece was pretty good I thought. It's the book anyway and it sated Kings desire for a faithful version. For whatever that's worth.