The American writer Stephen King has been one of the world's best-selling authors for decades. How can the overwhelming success of his numerous works be explained? Perhaps by the boundless inventiveness of his literature? And what else is behind the longevity of his astonishing career?
Direction
Dupuy's detached European gaze on very American excess
Production
Archive footage scavenger hunt through four decades
Director
Julien Dupuy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dupuy is primarily a music documentarian; this was his first deep dive into literary culture, explaining the slightly baffled tone.
The French title 'Un mal nécessaire' carries theological weight missing in English — King as inevitable sin we can't quit.
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