Christine (1983 film) "Christine". Kobritz purchased the rights to "Christine" after finding himself attracted to the novel's "celebration of America's obsession with the motorcar." According to John Carpenter, "Christine" was not a film he had planned on directing, saying that he directed the film as "a job" as opposed to a "personal project." He had previously directed "The Thing" (1982), which had done poorly at the box office and led to critical backlash. In retrospect, Carpenter stated that upon reading "Christine", he felt that "It just wasn't very frightening. But it was something I needed to do at that time for my career."
Christine (1958 film) he was cast. He and Schneider began a romantic affair that continued on and off for a number of years. The film was the seventeenth most popular film at the French box office in 1958. Before it was "The Ten Commandments", "Les Miserables", "The Cranes Are Flying", "Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress", "Young Sinners", "Mon Oncle", "The Young Lions", "Girl and the River", "The Possessors", "The Law Is the Law", "Sans famille", "The Vikings", "In Case of Adversity", "Maigret Sets a Trap", "The Cat", and "The Mirror Has Two Faces". Christine (1958 film) Christine is a 1958 film,