The very attractive setting and story of Dr. Incarnation has made it reproduced many times, but I personally think that the most classic version is the 1931 version. Perhaps because of his special background in the pre-code stage of Hollywood, the 31 version of Dr. Avatar is also full of expressionist style, and he is bolder in artistic expression, and he does not shy away from the description of violence and sex. Dr. Jackel He Hyde's extreme image shaping is the greatest success.
The biggest difference between the movie version and the novel can see the motive of the film. Originally, Hyde’s identity was used as a suspenseful promotion. Readers didn’t know who Hyde was. They didn’t solve the mystery until the end. The biggest feature of this film is the audience. From the very beginning, I saw the whole process of Dr. Jackel becoming a rough Hyde after taking his own medicine, and the special effects of this process were well-known in history. This brand-new prisoner at the time was known to the audience from the beginning, not only did not abandon the elements of suspense and terror, but it made the situation that only the audience knew that other characters were kept in the dark even more disturbing. At the same time, it also pointed out that the focus of the film is on the horror of the human psychological level, rather than the horror of a simple weird attack.
Regarding the advancement of Dr. Incarnate’s psychological thoughts, it may also be related to the background of the times. The academic scope of psychoanalysis in the 1930s has just begun to be used, and it is also Freud’s theories of consciousness and subconsciousness, superego and id. The period of publication. Take a look at Dr. Jackel and Hyde. Isn’t it just the comparison between a person’s ego and the id? Jackel is a restrained and rational side, but after all, he cannot stifle the primitive and instinctive animality in the subconscious. As the plot of the movie progresses, Hyde, who has emerged on the stage, actually has more and more control, and ultimately can only go to the road of destruction. The ingenious display of the two sides of human nature through character splitting far surpasses many mad scientist films of the same subject, and has become a classic for later generations.
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