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‘Frankenstein’ | Anatomy of a Scene

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“Hi, I am Guillermo del Toro, director of “Frankenstein.” “Life!” We are at a disciplinary hearing for Victor at the Royal College of Medicine in Edinburgh. And watch that little ball. I shot this as Victor narrating his past. So it’s idealized the way he remembers it. He remembers himself to be the hero, and … Read more

Frankenstein’s Many Adaptations Over the Years

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Ever since the mad scientist Frankenstein cried, “It’s alive!” in the 1931 classic film directed by James Whale, pop culture has never been the same. Few works of fiction have inspired more adaptations, re-imaginings, parodies and riffs than Mary Shelley’s tragic 1818 Gothic novel, “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus,” the tale of Victor Frankenstein, who, … Read more