The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
From Boris Karloff to Mel Brooks - Frankenstein has fired the imagination of generations of artists who have created their own interpretation of this Gothic masterpiece. Frankenstein: A Modern Myth looks at some of these depictions, including Danny Boyle's sell-out hit at the National Theatre. The film has exclusive access to rehearsals and interviews with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller - who alternate the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature - and with Danny Boyle. It also features cult film director John Waters: "I'm sympathetic to monsters, and this was the first one I came across as a child".
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Adam LowDirector
- Tim Van SomerenDirector
- Nick DearWriter
Cast
- David BradleySelf - Narrator (voice)
- Daniel IngsReadings (voice)
- Sarah MowatReadings (voice)
- Danny BoyleSelf
- Benedict CumberbatchSelf / Frankenstein / The Monster
- John WatersSelf - Director
- Jonny Lee MillerSelf / Frankenstein / The Monster
- Gwen AdsheadSelf - Chief Forensic Psychotherapist, Broadmoor Hospital (as Dr. Gwen Adshead)
- Philip BallSelf - Historian of Science
- Nick DearSelf - Playwright
- Daisy HaySelf - Mary Shelley Biographer
- Stephen HebronSelf - Bodleian Library, Oxford
Stills
Themes
theatre