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Mexican director Guillermo del Toro could subscribe to the words of British writer Mary Shelley in the 1831 foreword to her novel Frankenstein: “And now, once again, I ask my hideous creature to go out into the world and prosper. I feel affection for her, for it was the fruit of a few happy days, when death and pain were nothing but words that did not find true echo in my heart.” Del Toro said that her Frankenstein was “a new soul, with a childh…
Mexico City, Mexico.- Mary Shelley’s great classical work, ‘Frankenstein’, was brought to the screen by Mexican filmmaker and director Guillermo del Toro, where he gave the perspective of Victor and the creature, with a new approach beyond the conflict of the scientist’s experiment. In interviews the director revealed that he had long wanted to make the adaptation of ‘The New Prometheus’, as the work is also known, from his own interpretation of…
His greatest dream and tragedy at the same time – this is how Guillermo del Toro described his relationship with Frankenstein. The Oscar-winning filmmaker seemed to have been preparing for this film his entire life: From Pan's Labyrinth to The Touch of Water to Pinocchio, the story of the excluded was present in everything, and what else could have culminated in this if not in Mary Shelley's story, which is more than two hundred years old, but h…
Guillermo del Toro recreates ‘Frankenstein’ for the 21st century
As the first science fiction novel ever published, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is commonly regarded as a condemnation of scientific progress, cautioning against the arrogance of those who dare violate the laws of nature. To an extent, it is. However, such a discussion, if lacking nuance, may lead one to assume that the novel’s creature was an abomination from his moment of creation. Director Guillermo del Toro rejects this idea. He argues that…
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