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Victor Frankenstein (2015) #1122
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Directed by Paul McGuigan. With Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott. Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today. |
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The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour (2014) #845
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3x1hour episodes. BBC. Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how a group of 19th-century architects and artists spurned the modern age and turned to Britain's medieval past to create iconic works and buildings. 1/3 Liberty Diversity Depravity. How the Gothic revival came to influence popular art, architecture and literature. 2/3 The City and the Soul. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley warned of the dangers of science getting out of control. 3/3 Blood for Sale: Gothic Goes Global. How the language of Gothic increasingly came to encapsulate the 20th century's horrors. |
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National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011) #1261
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Directed by Danny Boyle. With Jonny Lee Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andreea Paduraru, Ella Smith. Created by Victor Frankenstein, the one known only as the creature sets out to discover the world and the meaning of life. |
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In Search of History: Frankenstein (1997) #1118
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42 mins. The History Channel. It is the most famous monster in literature. The enduring creation of Mary Shelley has appeared in countless films and books since it was dreamed up by the 20 year old wife of the famed poet Percy Shelley. But is it possible that the story of the grotesque monster assembled from the parts of cadavers is rooted in the truth? FRANKENSTEIN investigates the true stories of two men who may be at the heart of the classic tale. First, travel to the castle near Frankfurt where an 18th century German doctor conducted gruesome experiments on corpses and live humans! There are startling parallels between what is known of his experiments and Shelley's tale. Another possible source is the work of amateur British scientist Andrew Crosse, who claimed to have generated life in the course of electrical experiments. He was silenced by a religious outcry against his god-like claim, but is his story at the heart of Frankenstein? |
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Frankenstein (1931) #1245
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Directed by James Whale. With Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles. An obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses. |