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- Nov 07, 2020
Frankenstein Quotes
Frankenstein has become shorthand for anything stitched together from many parts, and these quotes trace that idea across performance, film history, and storytelling. One reflection describes resisting an easy Frankenstein-monster comparison for a complex historical figure, choosing instead to show the fuller, more human story behind the label.
Several quotes explore the wider world of Horror cinema, from Boris Karloff's era to how the myth keeps being reinterpreted for new audiences.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began to pick apart our knowledge of Frankenstein and discovered that the public's idea of this myth comes from a million different places... I became committed to recontextualizing it all so it all worked in one story.
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Son of Frankenstein' is never talked about in the same tone as James Whale's 1931 'Frankenstein.' But it should be. It was Boris Karloff's last appearance in the Frankenstein series and stars Donnie Dunagan, then a child actor.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been 'absorbing' people - their voices, their mannerisms - all my life, to the point where I am a sort of Frankenstein of different people. My own speaking voice is, in fact, a mixture of how my two best mates speak, because they are cool, and I am not.
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 'Oz' one day, I got a chunk of a camera embedded in my head, and I was passed out on the floor geysering blood while the set medic stood over me, freaking out. No help whatsoever. I ended up going to the ER and getting nine stitches in my head - real Frankenstein stitches.
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- Nov 07, 2020