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Misery (1990)

Film

DirectorRob Reiner

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Form & technique

The "hobbling" scene's transformation from the novel → Fidelity Criticism

Tropes

Annie Wilkes's fandom for Paul Sheldon
Annie Wilkes as a captor and caregiver
Paul Sheldon's physical confinement and forced disability
The creative conflict over the 'Misery's Return' manuscript → The Death of the Author
Paul Sheldon's role as the film's primary victim
The typewriter as a tool of both creation and imprisonment

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