The forest where the Creature escapes and stealthily interacts with a farmer family is full of the beauty and sadness the Creature notices in his observations about humanity. Ingolstad is dirty and grayish, which is fitting for the place where Frankenstein starts experiencing his descent into madness. For Frankenstein, his house in Geneva represents the best parts of his life full of peace, love and the necessary distance from society to meditate and study.
This seems harmless enough at first, but it’s a clever way to foreshadow his imminent tragedy.īranagh knows how to utilize locations and the way they’re shot to reflect the emotional place the protagonist is in. In this iteration, Victor Frankenstein is a noble man who loves his family and his home, but has a tendency to isolate himself from society to process his thoughts. It introduces the audience to a world of privilege where everything is waiting to get out of control. The first act is a wave of intensity where melancholy, joy and horror coexist within a few minutes of one another. Right from the start, Branagh doesn’t hold his punches when it comes to playing with his peculiar traits. In order to appreciate what makes Branagh succeed as a filmmaker, one of his most interesting movies to watch is his underrated take on Frankenstein. Whether he’s adapting Shakespeare or a Marvel comic, he has a keen understanding of what makes a source material work and how to translate it in a lush cinematic fashion. Kenneth Branagh is one of my favorite directors.
Off the Beaten Path is a new Lewton Bus series where members of the crew will discuss something or someone they hold dear to their hearts that might not be in the mainstream, or doesn’t feel like it gets the appreciation it deserves. We all have niche loves in our lives, something we hold dear that might not get the same mileage for everyone.
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