Frankenstein

Cullen 2022-01-03 08:01:13

From today's point of view, the story is very simple, but for people in 1931, it is the definition of a "sci-fi movie". When Mary Shelley wrote the novel "Frankenstein", a film that was only 19 years old and 70 minutes old can be condensed. In two lines: Oh, in the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God! Dangerous? Poor old Waldman. Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous? Where should we be if no one tried to find out what lies beyond? Have you never wanted to look beyond the clouds and the stars, or to know what causes the trees to bud? And what changes the darkness into light? But if you talk like that, people call you crazy. Well , if I could discover just one of these things, what eternity is, for example, I wouldn't care if they did think I was crazy. Science fiction works.

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Extended Reading
  • Dominic 2022-03-23 09:02:08

    It looks better than expected, and you can see many bridge designs imitated by later generations, and the photography also has an aftertaste of expressionism. What is even more commendable is that he did not make the weirdo inhuman, and he also tried to make his image a little fuller. We must praise the director's advanced taste.

  • Kennedy 2022-01-03 08:01:13

    Although the direct legacy of German expressionism lacks the exaggeration and surrealism of the former set, it still inherits the characteristics of most genres (lighting, close-ups and exaggerated performances). In fact, the play has benefited from Greek mythology, but the presentation of tragic scenes actually criticizes the arrogance of human beings to gods (the desire for creation), so it is essentially a modern retelling of myths. But the strange thing is that his attitude towards Frankenstein was ambiguous and ambiguous, so he survived at the end and became a witness of sin, but he really had no intention of repentance. This discussion of creation and identity will continue until the appearance of "Alien", and it is even mentioned in more recent science fiction movies.

Frankenstein quotes

  • Doctor Waldman: The brain which was stolen from my laboratory... was a *criminal* brain.

  • Henry Frankenstein: Quite a good scene, isn't it? One man, crazy - three very sane spectators!