I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
No 70 - Stand by Me Director - Rob Reiner My first real experience with 'Stand by Me' was the song . I had to be the bass line for it in a Saturday morning choir (oh, my youth captured all the dizzy heights of excitement!) and therefore spent many a moment going " doo doo bum bum doo doo bum bum". I had read the book though and as soon as I turned the DVD on I could see some familiar Stephen King traits. King loves the 50s and there have been several stories which use the 'flashback' technique in order to tell a story from an earlier decade. I think his fascination seems to stem from the 'oldies' - music from the 50s - and the romanticised violence of gangs in the 50s. The film is very similar (visually and stylistically) to It - following the same idea of a group of young 'losers' on a mission whilst being pursued by a gang of older youths. There are other similarities to It which I'm not going to go into detail about, but both stori...