Monday 2 February 2009

Frankenstein (1994 film) Kenneth Branagh

what about the film makes it fit within the horror genre? could we argue for it to fit into another genre? this fits well in to the horror genre because it has the monster a mad professor trying to beat death but we could argue that it could fit into 3 or 4 other genres it has a element of romance and heartbreak with victors fiance killed by the monster on there wedding night you have the si/fi element with the monster and the experiments and you could argue it is like a television drama.who produced the film and what were the circumstances in which it was made? compared to James whales Frankenstein this film had alot bigger budget and alot more technology also an all star cast this film was Produced by Francis Ford Coppola this was made when there were significant changes in science as cloning of the dolly the sheep sparked controversy and the idea of beating death. the narrative has changed much but it has kept the blind man and has also kept the bride at the end the only difference being is that the blind man plays a flute instead of a violin and the bride at the end was Frankensteins fiance, both monsters get killed by fire there are alot of differances in the film as it was set in a cholera outbreak also the monster loses its iconography as its lost its large head and bolts through its neck which is associated with the original monster the film itslf isnt scary and i dont think of it is a horror more of a scripted drama