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Frankenstein (1931) [75th Anniversary Edition]
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Frankenstein (1931) [75th Anniversary Edition]
2xDVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 | Cover + DVD Scans | 01:10:09 | 7,66 Gb + 6,30 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Genre: Horror, Classics, Sci-fi
2xDVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 | Cover + DVD Scans | 01:10:09 | 7,66 Gb + 6,30 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Genre: Horror, Classics, Sci-fi
Director: James Whale
Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) and his dwarf assistant, Fritz (Dwight Frye), assemble a creature (Karloff) with stitched-together body fragments stolen from graveyard corpses, then bring it to life with jolts of electric current. Unknowingly, they've given their man a criminal's brain, and when the sadistic Fritz mistreats the addled monster, it goes on a killer rampage. Now available as a stand-alone title, this 75th Anniversary two-disc edition of "Frankenstein" adds new commentary and documentaries about the making of the film and its principal actor, the legendary Boris Karloff.
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Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) seeks to create a man, but ends up with a monster (Boris Karloff) that terrorizes the countryside…
It's almost a thankless task to talk about James Whale's Frankenstein — by this point the film has been dissected, deconstructed, analyzed and so thoroughly examined that it would seem that there's very little new to be said about it. The film's immediate impact in 1931 helped to create and define the horror genre, and its influence continues to reverberate. Even with advancements in technology, nothing has come close to equaling its impact as an adaptation of Mary Shelley's venerable novel, or its visualization of the hollow-cheeked monster, embodied by Boris Karloff.![Frankenstein (1931) [75th Anniversary Edition]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/ea/2f/00262fea_medium.jpeg)
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Shot immediately after the success of Tod Browning's Dracula, the film looks infinitely more modern and has withstood the test of time remarkably well. Apart from a few creaky moments of romance, not much has dated in the film, either. The vivid performances, Whale's expert use of mise-en-scene, and the excellent technical credits give the film a lasting fascination.![Frankenstein (1931) [75th Anniversary Edition]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/ed/2f/00262fed_medium.jpeg)
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The film is steeped in images of death and decay, subtly lending an air of malignant horror to the entire production. Arthur Edeson's expressionistic black and white photography and Charles Hall's set designs helped to define the 'look' of horror films from that point on, while Whale's sense of gallows humor gives the film an added edge — compared to his subsequent horror pictures, notably The Old Dark House (1932) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935), this aspect is admittedly subdued, but it still surfaces in quirky character traits and sight gags (Clive throwing dirt in the face of a statue of Death at the beginning of the film, for example). The film is also very well paced, avoiding the stagy longuers and inane filler material that plagues so many genre films of the period.![Frankenstein (1931) [75th Anniversary Edition]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/eb/2f/00262feb_medium.jpeg)
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All this shouldn't suggest that the film is perfect, however. With the noteworthy exceptions of Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Dwight Frye and Edward Van Sloan, the performances range from the wooden to the forgettable. Technical shortcomings are terribly evident in the wrinkled backdrops used in a few shots, as well as the inept dummy used for the scene where the monster throws Clive from the burning windmill. In addition, some awkward elements surface in the screenplay as a result of the constant rewriting that the film underwent during its pre-production period.![Frankenstein (1931) [75th Anniversary Edition]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/ec/2f/00262fec_medium.jpeg)
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The most glaring of these is the bizarre, albeit oft-quoted, sequence in which the monster breaks into the bedroom of Frankenstein's fiancé (Mae Clark). The problem with the scene is twofold — the most obvious is that it implies that the monster somehow knows that she is Frankenstein's fiancé, even though he has no way of knowing this, and it also clashes with the monster-as-victim portrayal that dominates the film, showing him as a menacing brute terrorizing a woman who has done him no harm. Given the patchwork nature of the final script, it's amazing that there aren't an overabundance of such errors, but the few jarring notes that are there deserve to be noted for the sake of fairness!![Frankenstein (1931) [75th Anniversary Edition]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/ee/2f/00262fee_medium.jpeg)
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That said, the film is amazingly confident and well crafted in its execution. Though not as stylistically elaborate as Whale's subsequent films, the film shows ample evidence of his fixation on mobile camerawork. Unlike many early sound directors, Whale believed in allowing the camera to have free reign, to become as much a participant in the action as it is a spectator, but crucially, he also shows a sophisticated grasp of sound itself. Unlike Dracula, the film doesn't hurt for a music score. Whale uses ambient sounds to help sustain the atmosphere — nowhere is this more evident than in the opening graveyard scene, where sobbing, a solemn church bell and the thud of dirt hitting a coffin's lid resonate with eerie precision.![Frankenstein (1931) [75th Anniversary Edition]](https://pixhost.icu/avaxhome/ef/2f/00262fef_medium.jpeg)
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The end result is a film of considerable stylistic power, its emotional impact galvanized by the pure poetry of Karloff's star-making portrayal of the monster. Viewers with a taste for the camp and the baroque tend to prefer Whale's ambitious sequel/send-up, Bride, but it was Frankenstein that set the bar so high for others to try and follow.
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One of the greatest horror films of all time, James Whale's "Frankenstein" veers broadly from Mary Shelley's original story while retaining its specifically tragic aspect. The ghoul-faced Karloff, without a word of dialogue here, gives a lumbering performance that is both creepy and achingly sympathetic - especially in the famous scene with a young girl (Marilyn Harris) picking a flower for him. Herman Rosse's fabulous sets and Whale's meticulous handling of atmosphere and the monster's appearance elevate this eerie study of alienation and scientific hubris far above the campier creature features that followed. Juice up your neck bolts for "Frankenstein." Universal's reissue of this monster classic brings horror fans more background information on the making of the movie, and rare interviews with its cast. The new documentary "Karloff: The Gentle Monster" pays tribute to the actor whose forty year screen career was made by this monster. A must-see for serious Frankenphiles, and a title worthy of re-visiting.
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Special Features:
DISC ONE:
- The Film
- Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer
- Audio commentary by film historian Sir Christopher Frayling
- Monster Pop-up Trivia Track
- "Karloff: The Gentle Giant" - documentary (37 min)
DISC TWO:
- "Universal Horror" - documentary (95 min)
- "Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made A Monster" - documentary (44:50 min)
- "Frankenstein archives" (photo & poster slide show, with music - 9:25 min)
- "Boo!" - a short film (9:29 min)
- Theatrical trailer
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