"Both Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner are tales of artificial humans seeking more from their makers: Victor Frankenstein's creature has a lifetime, but no one with whom to share it; Tyrell's replicants have each other, but are running out of precious time. In both cases, the ones being hunted display perhaps the most humanity."
"The 1920 German Expressionist film The Golem directed by Paul Wegeler is a nearly lost Weimar era classic. It takes the old Jewish folklore myth of the clay golem becoming a protector for the Jewish community of Prague and turns it into a horror film that served as stylistic inspiration for later Frankenstein films."
Guillermo del Toro's new Frankenstein adaptation, starring Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac, received nine Oscar nominations and reflects del Toro's maximalist, emotionally expressive filmmaking style. The film prompted NPR to ask audiences what movies they would recommend to Frankenstein fans. Recommendations include The Golem (1920), a German Expressionist horror film based on Jewish folklore about a clay creature protecting Prague's Jewish community; Blade Runner (1982), which parallels Frankenstein through artificial beings seeking meaning from their creators; and Re-Animator (1985), featuring a scientist driven by passion rather than noble motives. These films share themes of creation, resurrection, and the paradoxical humanity displayed by constructed or artificially created beings.
#frankenstein-adaptation #artificial-creation #classic-horror-films #creature-narratives #film-recommendations
Read at www.npr.org
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]