Inside Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein: This is autobiographical for me'

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"Crack open Guillermo del Toro's ribs, peer in the cavity inside, and there where a beating and bloody heart should be you'll find a copy of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's the ur-text for so much of modern horror, yet when the filmmaker behind Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water describes the novel as his Bible and Boris Karloff's film monster as his Messiah, it feels insufficient to say that he's been merely inspired."

The Independent covers reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech, investigates entities such as Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC, and produces documentaries like 'The A Word' about American women fighting for reproductive rights. The Independent requests donations to fund reporters on the ground, emphasizes speaking to both sides, and maintains paywall-free access funded by supporters who can afford to pay. Guillermo del Toro identifies deeply with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Boris Karloff's monster, treating the novel as foundational. Del Toro's long-cherished ambition to adapt Frankenstein has been realized at Netflix scale with rich Gothic visuals and notable deviations.

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