Frankenstein: A Modern Myth (2012)
Directed by Adam Low
Genres - Horror |
Sub-Genres - Film & Television History, Media Studies |
Run Time - 48 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan
Filmmaker Adam Low presents a detailed history of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, from its conception on a stormy summer night nearly 200 years ago, when Lord Byron coaxed Shelly and friends to come up with a tale that would make his blood run cold, to director Danny Boyle's Olivier Award-winning stage production at the National Theater. Interviews with Boyle and actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, as well as behind-the-scenes footage from the play reveal how this classic tale still has the power to frighten two centuries after it was written, and a conversation with filmmaker John Waters reveals just why the misunderstood monster has maintained such longstanding appeal in the realms of literature, stage, and screen.
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Frankenstein, Hollywood, novel, play [drama], writer