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While many filmmakers were inspired by the novel to give them more or less faithful version of the myth, the first adaptation is of particular importance.
More than one hundred years (and over forty films) separating the first version of and the most recent rereading of the myth that seems to still be on the rise in film today. What is ironic is how the image of the creature may have evolved since then and no longer really the one we propose here. This is the aspect of a real monster cruel and disproportionate to walk with long hair appears the creation of Dr. Frankenstein. Humanity is set aside and only the part where the creature discovers his monstrosity and deformity in the mirror conveys a certain emotion. If the sets are very rudimentary and if the film is in a deplorable state of preservation, this first version of Frankenstein is his interest in music that opposes its construction carefully enough menacing melodies and tunes almost jovial and especially in the scene of creation itself. Moving testimony to the arrival of the fantastic stories in film, this short film suffers from the weight of years but is still (obviously) very interesting today.
Hats off to the pioneers!!!
Rick ;)
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