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."
Sister Christine Christine assented and after he starting to read her mind Vivekananda asked her again: "May I read all?" Christine again assented. On the following day he initiated her. Vivekananda gave Christine a "mantra" and made her his disciple. Christine later said that Vivekananda was apparently satisfied after reading her mind. During the lectures, Christine became one of the chosen and favourite students of Vivekananda. He gave five disciples vows of "Brahmacharya" (lifelong celibacy), and Christine was one of them. Vivekananda dedicated her to the Divine Mother and reserved her for his Indian works. Christine and Funke continued to attend Vivekananda's